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Janssen Files Imbruvica for Post-Transplant GVHD in Japan

January 18, 2021
Janssen Pharmaceutical said on January 15 that it has filed its cancer treatment Imbruvica (ibrutinib) for an additional indication of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Japan.The company filed the application on January 13, seeking…

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