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Chugai Pharmaceutical said on March 2 that it has filed a public knowledge-based application for its cancer drug Xeloda (capecitabine) for use as adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer. The submission came after health ministry committees endorsed the public knowledge-based filing…
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