Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Daiichi Sankyo Collaborates with US Venture for Analgesic in the US
Daiichi Sankyo announced on August 7 that it has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with LOCL Pharma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Florida-based Charleston Laboratories, for the development and US commercialization of Charleston’s investigational drug CL-108 (development code), a fixed-dose…
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