A Japanese health ministry advisory panel on October 23 backed approval for expanding the labels of Ono Pharmaceutical’s PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) and Takeda Pharmaceutical’s blood cancer drug Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin). The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s (PAFSC) Second…
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