AbbVie launched its psoriasis treatment Skyrizi (risankizumab) in Japan on May 24 after the IL-23 inhibitor won the world’s first approval in the country in March. The drug is indicated for plaque psoriasis, arthropathic psoriasis, pustular psoriasis, and psoriatic erythroderma…
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