REGULATORY
Lixiana Now Set for Label Expansion; 11 Drugs to Get Orphan Tags
Japanese regulatory authorities are set to soon approve Daiichi Sankyo’s anticoagulant Lixiana (edoxaban) for a new indication of the prevention of thromboembolism in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on January 31…
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