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A key health ministry advisory panel will discuss on February 5 whether to recommend label extensions for a list of medicines including Ono Pharmaceutical’s anti-PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) and Eli Lilly’s JAK inhibitor Olumiant (baricitinib). The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food…
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