Despite suffering repeated price cuts and a near-13% sales drop, MSD’s I/O star Keytruda (pembrolizumab) still retained the title of Japan’s top-selling drug in FY2020, a Jiho tally showed. According to the tally, Keytruda topped the ranking for the second…
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