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Nxera Pharma Reports Positive Results From Phase 3 Trial of Daridorexant in South Korea
Daridorexant is a dual orexin receptor antagonist being developed by Nxera for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia and is approved and marketed in Japan as QUVIVIQ®Phase 3 trial of daridorexant in South Korea met both primary and secondary efficacy endpoints of subjective total sleep time (sTST), subjective latency to sleep onset (sLSO) and subjective wake after sleep onset (sWASO)Nxera plans to submit a marketing authorization application for daridorexant in South Korea in the first q
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