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First approval of generic dry powder inhaler drug products in Japan

Ryosuke Kuribayashi1, Aya Myoenzono2

  • 1Office of Generic Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, 3-3-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0013, Japan. kuribayashi-ryosuke@pmda.go.jp.

Drug Delivery and Translational Research
|July 3, 2020
PubMed

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