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Takecab Top-Seller Medicine in Japan in October: Encise
Takeda Pharmaceutical’s proton pump inhibitor (PPI) Takecab (vonoprazan) edged out Ono Pharmaceutical’s PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) to become the No. 1 drug in Japan in October, according to a monthly snapshot report released by Encise. Takecab raked in 10 billion…
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