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Mitsubishi Tanabe Sales Up 6% on Radicava Oral Form
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma saw its revenue grow 6.0% year on year to 232.6 billion yen in April-September on the back of strong performance from the oral suspension form of the ALS drug Radicava (edaravone) in North America. The results were…
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