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FDA Update: Romosozumab’s Uncertain Future; Plus Tocilizumab Approved for GCA

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Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP, is a freelance medical writer based in New York City and a pharmacist at New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.

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