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REGULATORY
Japan Approves MSD’s Airwin/Welireg, J&J Bispecific, and More
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) granted regulatory approvals for a batch of new medicines and indications on June 24, including two novel therapies from MSD - Airwin (sotatercept) and Welireg (belzutifan). Airwin - also known as Winrevair…
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