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Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma will make its third attempt for a PIII trial of its atypical antipsychotic lurasidone, sold as Latuda overseas, to obtain data to seek approval in Japan for the treatment of schizophrenia, President Masayo Tada revealed on October…
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