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Opdivo Outdistances Keytruda in 2022 with Sales Up 30 Billion Yen YOY: Encise
Ono Pharmaceutical’s PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) snatched the top position in the 2022 Japanese drug sales ranking with 152.3 billion yen (NHI price basis), outrunning MSD’s archrival Keytruda (pembrolizumab; 128.2 billion yen), the winner in 2021, according to Encise. Sales…
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