A key advisory committee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 3 recommended approval for a batch of drugs including Takeda Pharmaceutical’s multiple myeloma (MM) drug ixazomib, sold as Ninlaro overseas. These drugs are expected to…
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