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Horizon Japan Eager for Solo Sales of Its 1st Product as Tepezza Trial Likely to Wrap Up Next Year
Horizon Therapeutics expects to wrap up its PIII trial for its thyroid eye disease (TED) drug in Japan next year, and if data prove positive and all goes well, the med could become the company’s first product to be independently…
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