Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss medication Wegovy (semaglutide) was approved in Japan in March. While it skipped the May round of reimbursement listing, physicians eagerly await the arrival of what would be the first new obesity drug in three decades. Other companies…
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Shionogi Files COVID-19 Pill in Japan, Seeks Conditional Approval
Shionogi on February 25 filed its oral COVID-19 treatment S-217622 in Japan, seeking review under the conditional early approval pathway. If approved, it would be the country’s first homegrown therapeutic drug to fight this pandemic disease. The Osaka drug maker…
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