Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Takeda’s Narcolepsy Drug Accepted for US FDA Review
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on February 10 that the US FDA has accepted its new drug application for oveporexton, an oral orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonist, for the treatment of narcolepsy type 1.The drug, also known as TAK-861, was granted priority…
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