A key advisory committee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on November 24 recommended approval for a batch of drugs including AstraZeneca’s oral PARP inhibitor olaparib. The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s Second Committee on Drugs,…
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