Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Aducanumab Termination Was Wrenching Decision: Eisai CEO
Eisai CEO Haruo Naito said on April 23 that calling off key PIII programs on the Alzheimer’s drug candidate aducanumab was a “wrenching decision” to make for his company and its partner Biogen, offering apologies at the Japanese drug major’s…
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