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Takeda Slapped with Business Improvement Order over CASE-J
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) issued a business improvement order to Takeda Pharmaceutical on June 12 over the company’s advertisements referring to the results of an investigator-led clinical study dubbed CASE-J. The MHLW believes that the Japanese…
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