Drug reps today are facing an increasingly strong imperative to depart from traditional promotional activities simply aimed at getting doctors’ prescriptions. For these reps to shift to communications focusing on proper drug use, the key will be their performance reviews.…
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Japan’s First Biosimilars of Avastin, Nesp, Forteo Receive Listing
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on November 27 added to the NHI price list Japan’s first biosimilars of Avastin (bevacizumab), Nesp (darbepoetin alfa), and Forteo (teriparatide). The NHI prices of first biosimilars are set at 70% of…
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