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Santen Files Glaucoma Drug Sepetaprost in Japan
Santen Pharmaceutical said on September 26 that it has filed a new drug application for its investigational eye drop STN1012600 (sepetaprost) for the treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension in Japan. STN1012600 is a dual agonist of the FP and…
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