Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd announced that a molecule under development in its labs has cleared the first phase of human clinical trials. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A, a subsidiary of Glenmark, conducted the trials in the UK and said that the drug has been well tolerated with a good pharmacokinetic profile. Pharmacokinetics refers to how the body behaves when a drug enters the blood stream.
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