No Trial Waiver Sail-Through For Lilly’s Taltz In India?
Executive Summary
Eli Lilly's Taltz (ixekizumab) may be staring at stretched launch timelines in India where competitor secukinumab already has a head start, after the US company's request for a local trial waiver for the product was turned down twice.
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