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The health ministry will report its plan to approve Takeda Pharmaceutical’s inflammatory bowel disease medicine Entyvio (vedolizumab) for an additional indication of Crohn’s disease (CD) at a key advisory panel meeting on April 26. Entyvio, a humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody…
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