With snowballing healthcare spending and the emergence of new modalities of treatments, discussions are heating up around revisiting the scope of health coverage on pharmaceuticals, with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and payers advocating the mantra of “large risks with…
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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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