Japan’s health ministry approved a slew of new medicines on September 25 including multiple “first of its kind” products, among them being GlaxoSmithKline’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy as well as Eisai’s Alzheimer’s therapy Leqembi (lecanemab).Arexvy became the first…
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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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