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Japan Health Ministry Panel Gives Blessing to Novartis’ PNH Drug Iptacopan and More
A key health ministry advisory panel gave its thumbs-up to Novartis Pharma’s paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) therapy iptacopan, known as Fabhalta overseas, among other medicines on May 31. Novartis’ product was one of the four new molecular entities (NMEs) that…
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