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Otsuka’s Samsca Approved in Japan as World’s 1st ADPKD Treatment

March 26, 2014
Otsuka Pharmaceutical announced on March 24 that its vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist Samsca (tolvaptan) has been approved for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) as an additional indication in Japan. The drug can only be prescribed by physicians who participated…

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