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1st Committee on New Drugs to Discuss GLP-1 Agonist Lyxumia, Other New Drugs on May 24
The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s (PAFSC) First Committee on New Drugs, an advisory organ to the health minister, will discuss on May 24 whether to recommend products containing new active pharmaceutical ingredients including Sanofi K.K.’s type 2 diabetes…
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