Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Takeda Files Japan NDA for Narcolepsy Drug Oveporexton
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on March 4 that it has filed a new drug application in Japan for oveporexton, an oral orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) selective agonist, for the treatment of narcolepsy type 1 (NT1). Designed to address the orexin deficiency…
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