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The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s (PAFSC) Second Committee on Drugs will review five products/indications, including Novartis Pharma’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment glycopyrronium bromide on September 6. Glycopyrronium bromide is a long-acting anticholine bronchodilator inhaled once daily.…
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