Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Sanwa Kagaku Files SHPT Med for Japan Approval
Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho said on August 25 that it filed a new drug application (NDA) on the same day in Japan for SK-1403 (upacicalcet) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in patients on dialysis. Upacicalcet, discovered by former Ajinomoto…
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