Japan relies almost entirely on China for the APIs of β-lactam antibiotics. These drugs are essential for treating infectious diseases…
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MHLW Panel Tables Decision on Efient’s Preventive Use for ICD Recurrences; Lilly's Migraine Med, Jardiance's Heart Failure Indication OK'ed
A key health ministry panel on November 5 held off on backing approval for Daiichi Sankyo’s antiplatelet agent Efient (prasugrel) for a new indication of preventing the recurrence of ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICD), while giving the go-ahead to other medicines…
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