Shionogi and Mochida Pharmaceutical have signed a marketing partnership agreement for daridorexant in Japan, the companies said on November 1, a day after the insomnia drug was filed for Japanese regulatory approval. Daridorexant is a dual orexin receptor antagonist that…
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