PHARMA JAPAN welcomes JETRO New York’s Shunsuke Tani as a guest columnist. In occasional contributions, Tani will share his perspectives on US pharmaceutical policy, industry developments, and life in America, drawing on his firsthand experience in the US.---Hello from New…
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I/O in Lung Cancer - 1: US Merck Sweeping Frontline NSCLC Space with Keytruda
By Takashi Ebisawa Four years after Opdivo (nivolumab) won the world’s first approval in Japan, immune checkpoint inhibitors are reshaping the landscape of lung cancer treatments, with differences in strategies pursued by five camps of developers - Ono Pharmaceutical/Bristol-Myers Squibb,…
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