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Japan Grants 1st Emergency Approval to Shionogi COVID Pill Xocova
Japan approved Shionogi’s oral COVID-19 treatment Xocova (ensitrelvir) on November 22, making it the first medicine to win the green light under the country’s new emergency approval pathway crafted in May. The approval came immediately after the drug gained the…
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