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Japan Panel Backs Daiichi’s MMR Vaccine, Haihe’s PI3Kα Inhibitor, MSD’s HIV Med
A Japanese health ministry panel on March 2 recommended approvals for Daiichi Sankyo’s measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, Haihe Biopharma’s PI3Kα inhibitor risovalisib, and MSD’s once-daily HIV combination doravirine/islatravir. The Pharmaceutical Affairs Council’s Second Committee on Drugs endorsed three new molecular entities…
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