The Japan presidents of foreign pharma companies are no longer hiding their concerns about the stagnation of drug development in the Japanese market. In their business briefings for 2021, many of them made explicit criticism against what they see as…
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Mitsubishi Tanabe’s Oral Edaravone Accepted for FDA Review in ALS
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma said on January 13 that an oral suspension version of its ALS therapy Radicava (edaravone) has been accepted by the US FDA for review, with a target date set for May 12 under the priority review pathway.…
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