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China First to Approve Takeda’s Oveporexton for Narcolepsy
China has become the first country to approve Takeda Pharmaceutical’s narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) treatment Orzeyful (oveporexton), making it the first oral orexin receptor 2 (OX2R)-selective agonist to reach the market. Takeda said on July 23 that China’s National Medical…
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