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Boehringer’s Reversal Agent for Pradaxa Becomes 1st Drug Subject to Japan’s Compassionate Use Scheme
Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim’s idarucizumab, a reversal agent for its anticoagulant Prazaxa (dabigatran), became the first drug to be subject to the Japan version of compassionate use, dubbed “humanitarian trials” or “expanded trials.” The Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) said…
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