Keeping Track: Lilly’s Mounjaro Enters Diabetes Market; Biogen/Eisai Lecanemab Leads Neuroscience News
Executive Summary
CDER turned in its 13th novel approval of 2022 on Friday the 13th, and other drug development news and highlights from the Pink Sheet’s US FDA Performance Tracker.
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Lilly Pulls EU Approval Application For Olumiant In COVID-19
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