Members of a key reimbursement policy panel on December 6 continued to push for the creation of separate generic price bands for both middle and lower bands under the current three price-band grouping rule as a way to address unreasonable…
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JT’s Enarodustat 4th HIF-PH Inhibitor Filed in Japan
Japan Tobacco on November 29 submitted a new drug application in Japan for its renal anemia treatment enarodustat, making it the fourth drug in a class of medicines called HIF-PH inhibitors to be filed in the country, the company and…
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