REGULATORY

Japan Approves J&J’s Lazcluze, Genmab’s Tivdak, and More

March 28, 2025
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) handed out regulatory approvals for a slew of new medicines and indications on March 27, with four novel cancer therapies among them including Janssen Pharmaceutical’s (J&J) Lazcluze (lazertinib). Lazcluze, a third-generation oral…

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