Takeda Re-Files DPP-4 Inhibitor Alogliptin, Plays Up Combo With Actos
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
As a means of differentiating its just-resubmitted diabetes drug alogliptin, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. is playing up a fixed-dose combination with its blockbuster Actos, even though the latter drug has been hit hard by a potential link to bladder cancer.
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