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Meiji Seika Pharma Pins High Hopes on Schizophrenia Drug Sycrest
Meiji Seika Pharma is gunning for a bigger slice of shares in the Japanese CNS market by boosting its profile in the schizophrenia sector with Sycrest (asenapine) it launched in Japan on May 26, President Daikichiro Kobayashi said. “The drug…
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