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No Add'l Safety Measures for Xocova Needed “at This Time”: MHLW Panel
Additional safety measures are “unnecessary” at the present time for Shionogi’s COVID-19 treatment Xocova (ensitrelvir), which was granted Japan’s first emergency approval, a health ministry panel agreed on December 27 based on its review of adverse event reports. The first…
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