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REGULATORY
Japan Approves CSL’s HAE Med Andembry, Tecentriq Sarcoma Use, and More
Japan’s health ministry awarded regulatory approvals for a batch of drugs mostly for new indications and dosages on February 20. This includes CSL Behring’s hereditary angioedema (HAE) treatment Andembry (garadacimab), the only new molecular entity on the roster. Andembry was…
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