The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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All Three PPI Switch OTCs Approved following MHLW Panel OK
Alinamin Pharmaceutical said on July 10 that it will launch a nonprescription version of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) Takepron (lansoprazole), on August 1. The drug was approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) earlier the same…
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