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Japan Panel to Review KalVista’s Oral HAE Drug, GSK’s Asthma Med, and More on Nov. 27
A Japanese health ministry panel will meet on November 27 to consider approvals for a slate of new medicines and label expansions including KalVista Pharmaceuticals’ oral hereditary angioedema (HAE) treatment sebetralstat. The KalVista therapy, known as Ekterly overseas, is one…
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