AbbVie said on July 12 that it has submitted an application in Japan seeking a label expansion of its BCL-2 inhibitor Venclexta (venetoclax) for the treatment of relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Venclexta is already approved in Japan…
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