Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical’s analgesic transdermal patch HP-5000 (diclofenac) failed to meet the primary goal in a US PIII study conducted for the treatment of osteoarthritis knee pain, the Japanese patch drug powerhouse said on October 28.The trial enrolled 370 patients with…
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