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Keytruda SC Heads to Japan Approval, Ipsen’s Ojemda for Conditional Nod
A key Japanese health ministry panel on August 24 recommended approval of a batch of new medicines and indications including a subcutaneous version of MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Ipsen’s targeted glioma therapy tovorafenib, known as Ojemda. The Pharmaceutical…
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