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Japan’s health ministry doled out regulatory approvals for a throng of new medicines on December 27 including Eli Lilly’s obesity drug Zepbound (tirzepatide) and Biogen’s amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment Qalsody (tofersen). A GIP/GLP-1 dual receptor agonist, tirzepatide as an…
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