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Shionogi’s Sakigake-Designated Flu Med Filed in Japan
Shionogi filed a new drug application for its anti-flu drug S-033188 in Japan on October 25, making the drug the second pharmaceutical product granted the sakigake fast-track designation to reach regulatory submission - only after Nobelpharma’s topical sirolimus. S-033188, which…
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