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Keytruda Snags Best-Seller Title in 2019 Drug Ranking: Encise

January 20, 2020
MSD’s anti-PD-1 antibody Keytruda (pembrolizumab) was the best-selling drug in Japan in 2019, raking in 128.2 billion yen on an NHI price basis, with the 100 billion yen mark also crossed by two other products, according to market research firm…

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