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AZ Takes Over Rights to Byetta and Bydureon; Bydureon Expected to Be Launched in May

April 2, 2013
AstraZeneca (AZ) K.K. and Bristol-Myers K.K. (BMKK) announced on April 1 that Eli Lilly Japan transferred the marketing rights for its type 2 diabetes treatments Byetta and Bydureon, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists both containing exenatide, to AZ K.K. Bydureon…

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