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MHLW Panel Backs Lilly’s Ibrance Contender Abemaciclib for Breast Cancer
A key health ministry panel on August 3 recommended approval for Eli Lilly Japan’s breast cancer treatment abemaciclib, otherwise known as Verzenio, which, if approved, will be pitted against Pfizer’s first-in-class CDK4/6 inhibitor Ibrance (palbociclib) launched in December. The Pharmaceutical…
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