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CSIMC Approves Listing of 15 New APIs/19 Products Including Pfizer’s Xeljanz with Expected Peak Sales of 59.7 Billion Yen
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council (CSIMC), an advisory body to the health minister, approved the listing of 15 active pharmaceutical ingredients/19 products including Pfizer Japan’s oral rheumatoid arthritis treatment Xeljanz Tablets 5 mg (tofacitinib citrate) and Zeria Pharmaceutical’s functional…
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