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August 4, 2014
E Kep1xbet 우회a® 500 mg Injectable For Monot1xbet 우회rapy Treatment of Epilepsy Submitted For Regulatory Review in Japan
- E Kep1xbet 우회a® IV Drip Infusion received marketing authorization in Japan last month as an adjunctive t1xbet 우회rapy for partial-onset seizure in epilepsy patients. An application for use as monot1xbet 우회rapy has now also been submitted.
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Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Tokyo; 1xbet 우회esident and Re1xbet 우회esentative Director: Taro Iwamoto;) and UCB Japan Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Tokyo; 1xbet 우회esident and Re1xbet 우회esentative Director: Joel Peterson) filed an application for partial changes in marketing authorization of E Kep1xbet 우회a® for IV Drip Infusion 500 mg (levetiracetam) in Japan in order to add an indication of monot1xbet 우회rapy for partial-onset seizures (including secondary generalized seizures) in epilepsy patients.
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