REGULATORY
Takeda’s Livmarli, BMS’s Camzyos and More Up for MHLW Panel Review on March 6
A key health ministry advisory panel will discuss on March 6 three new medicines for their regulatory approval in Japan including Takeda Pharmaceutical’s ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT) inhibitor maralixibat, known as Livmarli overseas. The Pharmaceutical Affairs Council’s First Committee…
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