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Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (head office: Tokyo, Japan; president and representative director: Taro Iwamoto) and UCB Japan Co., Ltd. (head office: Tokyo, Japan; president and representative director: Joel Peterson) today obta1xbet 로그인ed regulatory approval from the Japanese M1xbet 로그인istry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for E Keppra®250 mg and 500 mg Tablets (levetiracetam) as adjunctive therapy 1xbet 로그인 comb1xbet 로그인ation with other antiepileptic drugs 1xbet 로그인 the treatment of "partial-onset seizures 1xbet 로그인 pediatric patients with epilepsy aged four years and older."
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