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Otsuka Files NDA for Lupus Nephritis Drug in Japan
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on November 10 that it has filed a new drug application for its oral immunosuppressant voclosporin for the treatment of lupus nephritis in Japan.A calcineurin inhibitor, voclosporin was developed by Canada’s Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, which received US FDA…
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