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Xolair’s Re-Pricing Decided, but Regulators and Novartis Were at Odds over Patient Projections
Japan’s health ministry pushed ahead with a decision to re-price Novartis Pharma’s anti-IgE antibody Xolair (omalizumab) following its label expansion into pollen allergy last year despite a big difference in its estimated patient number and the Swiss giant’s, Jiho has…
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