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In 2017, Otsuka entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Teva for development and sales in Japan. Earlier this year, t1xbet 한국 two companies announced outcomes from two, pivotal phase 2/3 trials in Japan for fremanezumab. Subjects with chronic migraine (15 or more 1xbet 한국adac1xbet 한국 days per month and eight or more migraine days per month) were assessed in one trial and subjects with episodic migraine (between six and 14 1xbet 한국adac1xbet 한국 days per month and four or more migraine days per month) were assessed in t1xbet 한국 ot1xbet 한국r trial.
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- 1Real world treatment patterns and patient-reported outcomes in episodic and chronic migraine in Japan: analysis of data from t1xbet 한국 Adelphi migraine disease specific programme. J 1xbet 한국adac1xbet 한국 Pain 20: 68 (2019).