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Hot Products in 2013: New Drugs Likely to Jolt RA Treatment, Anticoagulant Markets

January 8, 2013
As the year 2013 rolls in, the Japanese pharmaceutical market awaits an array of new drug debuts, which will portend the future scorecards of drug makers. Among them are two drugs that could potentially upend the landscapes of the rheumatoid…

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