REGULATORY

MHLW Orders Label Revisions for Vyxeos, Inlyta, Imbruvica, and More Drugs

February 13, 2026
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on February 10 ordered safety-related label revisions for a range of medicines, including Nippon Shinyaku’s high-risk acute myeloid leukemia treatment Vyxeos (cytarabine + daunorubicin). For Vyxeos, the ministry instructed the addition of…

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