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A Japanese health ministry panel on July 27 recommended approval for three new molecular entities (NMEs) — GlaxoSmithKline’s hepatitis B treatment bepirovirsen, Insmed’s bronchiectasis drug brensocatib, and Bayer’s HER2-targeted lung cancer therapy sevabertinib. The Pharmaceutical Affairs Council’s Second Committee on…
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