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Jazz’s Epilepsy Drug Candidate Nearing Submission as Japan Lifts Ban on Cannabis-Derived Meds
Earlier this month, the Japanese government enforced a legal change to allow the use of medicines derived from cannabis plants, setting the stage for what is likely to be the first regulatory filing of such drug expected in the not-too-distant…
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