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1st Drug for Short Bowel Syndrome Now Available in Japan: Takeda
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on August 18 that it has launched Revestive (teduglutide) in Japan, the first drug approved for the treatment of short bowel syndrome in the country. Revestive earned Japanese regulatory approval on June 23 and joined the NHI…
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