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Otsuka Files Esperion’s Cholesterol Fighter in Japan
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on November 26 that it has filed a new drug application in Japan for bempedoic acid, a novel hypercholesterolemia treatment originated by US peer Esperion Therapeutics. The application rides on the back of the results of a…
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