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MHLW Adds Pomalyst Generics to RevMate Safety Program
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) is adding newly approved generics of Bristol Myers Squibb’s blood cancer drug Pomalyst (pomalidomide) to the RevMate risk management program for thalidomide-related products. The ministry issued a notification on September 4 outlining…
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