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DSP North America Sales Up 11.8% Due to Latuda, Japan Sales Down 4.2% in April-September Period

October 31, 2013
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma’s (DSP) sales during the April-September period climbed 1.5% from the same period last year to 181,396 million yen, helped by increased sales in North America of its atypical antipsychotic drug Latuda (lurasidone HCl). However, DSP said its…

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