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Chugai’s H1 Sales Rise on Growth of Tecentriq, Kadcyla
Chugai Pharmaceutical netted higher profits on higher sales in the first half of 2021, driven by its brisk oncology medicines including the I/O agent Tecentriq (atezolizumab), which more than countered the blow from drug price cuts as well as biosimilar…
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