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Diabetes Drug Sales Up 10% in 2013 Japan Market, Spurred by DPP-4 Inhibitors: IMS
Diabetes drugs chalked up Japan sales of 461,357 million yen in 2013, up 10.5% from the previous year, overtaking lipid-regulating and anti-atheroma agents to become the third best-selling therapeutic category in the Japanese pharmaceutical market, according to IMS Japan. Dipeptidyl…
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