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Relugolix Nets Positive PIII Data in Endometriosis, ASKA Set to Seek Add’l Use in H1 2021
ASKA Pharmaceutical said on November 25 that its gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist Relumina Tablets (relugolix), also known as TAK-385, hit the primary endpoint in a Japan PIII study for the treatment of endometriosis. Relumina was approved in Japan in…
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