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Novartis Files Panobinostat for Multiple Myeloma in Japan

September 29, 2014
Novartis Pharma has filed a new drug application (NDA) for its multiple myeloma (MM) treatment panobinostat lactate in Japan, it said on September 26. The proposed indication is relapsed or relapsed and refractory MM. The drug was filed for regulatory…

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