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Ono Files SK Bio’s Epilepsy Med Cenobamate in Japan

October 1, 2025
Ono Pharmaceutical said on September 30 that it has filed for Japanese approval of cenobamate, an antiepileptic drug license from South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals, for the treatment of partial-onset seizures, with or without secondary generalized seizures. The submission is backed…

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