Mitsubishi Tanabe's Edaravone Receives NMPA's Approval for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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- Post MHLW approval in Japan in 2015- the company has received NMPA approval for Edaravone and is approved in six countries of China. Additionally- the product is approved in South Korea in Dec 2015- the US in May 2017- Canada in Oct 2018- and Switzerland
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development (Beijing) is an R&D firm of the subsidiary in China who filed it and Tianjin Tanabe Seiyaku is a manufacturer and sales subsidiary in China- will be responsible for the marketing of Edaravone
- Edaravone is a free-radical scavenger marketed as Radicut in Japan- has an ability to scavenge free radicals arising accompanying cerebral ischemic- controlling the lipid peroxidation reactions- and protecting neurons in the region of the ischemia and the surrounding region
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