The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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Takeda Calls Off PIII Study of Sakigake-Designated Ninlaro for AL Amyloidosis after Failing to Hit Primary Goal
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on June 6 that it will pull the plug on a multinational PIII clinical study of its multiple myeloma drug Ninlaro (ixazomib) in patients with relapsed/refractory systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis. The PIII TOURMALINE-AL1 study evaluated the improvement…
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