Otsuka Pharmaceutical has acquired Japan rights to exclusively develop and commercialize Esperion Therapeutics’ investigational hypercholesterolemia drug bempedoic acid, which was recently approved in the US and Europe, the two companies said in separate statements on April 20. Originated by Esperion,…
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