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Competition Heating Up for HIF-PH Inhibitors; Astellas Expected to Be First with Filing Likely in FY2018
As a number of drug makers jostle in a race to develop hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitors as next-generation renal anemia treatments, Astellas Pharma’s roxadustat is likely to be the first-in-class among five APIs currently being developed in Japan.…
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The Wednesday TableShe had been on virtual calls since eight in the morning. The screen glowed. Her eyes burned. Plugged into Teams across time zones, she was digitally connected yet entirely isolated from the reality of Japan’s pharma market.She needed…





