Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Revoke Conditional OK for Stemirac: Drug Damage Watchdog
Medwatcher Japan, a citizen’s drug damage watchdog, is nudging the health ministry to withdraw conditional approval granted in 2018 for Nipro’s Stemirac, the first stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury, and reexamine its safety and efficacy in clinical trials.…
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