A key advisory committee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on October 31 recommended approval for Ono Pharmaceutical’s calcimimetic agent etelcalcetide. The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s First Committee on Drugs, a de-facto decision-making body for…
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