The Japanese pharmaceutical market expanded for two years in a row in FY2022, with Opdivo (nivolumab) keeping the frontrunner position, fending off Keytruda (pembrolizumab) at arm’s length, according to data released by IQVIA. The market almost reached 11 trillion yen…
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