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A key health ministry panel on November 25 gave the go-ahead to Teikoku Seiyaku’s tape formulation of donepezil for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A total of seven drugs, including four new molecular entities (NMEs), were reviewed for endorsement…
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