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MTPC’s SGLT-2 Inhibitor Canagliflozin Now No. 1 in Prescription Share in US, Overtaking Januvia
Michihiro Tsuchiya, president of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC), reported at a press conference in Tokyo on August 30 that the company’s sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor canagliflozin (US brand name: INVOKANA) has overtaken the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor Januvia…
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