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European Panel Rejects Kyowa Kirin’s Parkinson’s Med
A key European advisory panel has turned down Kyowa Kirin’s Parkinson’s disease drug istradefylline, the company’s global strategic product approved in Japan and the US, as an add-on treatment to levodopa-based regimens in adult patients experiencing “off” episodes. The European…
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