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CSL’s HAE Drug, Tecentriq Sarcoma Use Clear Panel Review; February Approval Expected
CSL Behring’s hereditary angioedema (HAE) treatment garadacimab and a label expansion for Chugai Pharmaceutical’s PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab) cleared the review of a key health ministry panel on January 30. They are expected to be approved in late February under…
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