The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) appears to be ready to begin post-launch drug price adjustments based on cost-effectiveness assessments (CEAs) for the first time since the system was introduced in April 2019. As price tweaks will be…
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Forging ahead with its new three-year business plan, Chugai Pharmaceutical enjoyed rosy earnings in the first half of 2019, bolstered by the outperformance of the Hemlibra (emicizumab) hemophilia drug and its I/O star Tecentriq (atezolizumab). But with a biosimilar onslaught…
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