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Otsuka’s Sibeprenlimab Earns FDA’s Accelerated Nod for IgAN
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on November 26 that its first-in-class APRIL-directed antibody Voyxact (sibeprenlimab) received accelerated approval from the US FDA on November 25 for the treatment of adults with primary IgA nephropathy. The antibody is the world’s first APRIL-targeting therapy,…
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