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Japan Approves Lilly’s Kisunla, Eisai’s ALS Med, Gilead’s Trodelvy, and Lots More
Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s therapy Kisunla (donanemab) landed Japanese regulatory approval on September 24 along with scores of other medicines, making it the second anti-amyloid β (Aβ) antibody to fight the memory-robbing disease in Japan, after Leqembi (lecanemab). Kisunla was approved…
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