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Shionogi sales and marketing update

September 9, 2013 7:00 AM UTC

Shionogi launched once-daily, oral Irtra irbesartan/trichloromethiazide in Japan to treat hypertension. The low dose tablet contains 100 mg irbesartan and 1 mg trichloromethiazide and the high dose tablet contains 200 mg irbesartan and 1 mg trichloromethiazide. The product has a Japanese National Health Insurance (NHI) price of ¥130.5 ($1.32) per low dose tablet and ¥195.8 ($1.99) per high dose tablet. ...