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Shionogi Cuts Full-Year Guidance as Xofluza Sales Freefall
Sales of Shionogi’s novel influenza med Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) plummeted 96.0% year over year in April-December following the medical community’s caveat issued over its resistance concerns, sending the company’s group revenue down 4.4% and triggering a downward revision on its…
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