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Upsher-Smith’s Livalo Generic Hits US Market: Sawai
Sawai Pharmaceutical said on November 7 that it has rolled out generic versions of the hypercholesterolemia treatment Livalo (pitavastatin) in the US through Upsher-Smith Laboratories, a US subsidiary of Sawai Group Holdings. This is the first abbreviated new drug application…
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