On December 10, Biogen/Eisai’s controversial Alzheimer’s treatment aducanumab was filed for regulatory approval in Japan. It’s unclear whether Japanese regulators…
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Japan OKs Listing of Trelegy, Erleada, and More; GSK’s COPD Hopeful to Face Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, on May 15 approved a batch of new drugs for their NHI price listing on May 22, including GlaxoSmithKline’s inhaler COPD treatment Trelegy Ellipta…
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