MHLW Approves Sandoz's Somatropin As First Biosimilar Product In Japan

TOKYO - Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved Sandoz's recombinant human growth hormone somatropin injection, marking it the first biosimilar product approved in Japan, a MHLW Pharmaceutical Examination Division official confirmed June 26

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