Keeping Track: Busy August Ends With Approval For Doravirine, CRLs For Dasotraline And Waylivra

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The US FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) topped off its torrid August with an approval for Merck & Co. Inc.'s non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) doravirine, bringing the US FDA's novel drug approval count for the year to 34.

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