A batch of new drugs reached the Japanese market on November 18 upon their reimbursement listing on the same day, including Bristol-Myers Squibb’s anti-SLAMF7 antibody Empliciti (elotuzumab), which is Japan’s first antibody drug for multiple myeloma (MM). Empliciti, now available…
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