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More Treatment Options for FD Patients with Acofide Launch: Prof. Kinoshita of Shimane University
The launch of the first functional dyspepsia (FD) drug Acofide (acotiamide HCl hydrate) by Zeria Pharmaceutical and Astellas Pharma will offer patients more options for FD treatment, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, professor of internal medicine at Shimane University School of Medicine said…
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