The delayed approval and price setting of Novartis Pharma’s Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) listed in May, has raised questions about how the sakigake designation system should be operated. Despite being designated for the…
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After Listing Delayed, Collategene Expected to Reach Market by Year-End: AnGes Founder
AnGes’ HGF gene therapy Collategene (beperminogene perplasmid) is expected to be launched in Japan by the end of the year after it skipped reimbursement listing in May, the founder of the Osaka-based biotech said on July 20. “I think it…
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