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Japan Approves Wegovy, Omvoh, FluMist, Entyvio SC and More
Japan’s health ministry approved a raft of new medicines and indications on March 27 including Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy (semaglutide) and Eli Lilly’s ulcerative colitis med Omvoh (mirikizumab). Wegovy contains the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide, the same API as…
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