Japan’s health ministry approved a slew of new medicines on September 25 including multiple “first of its kind” products, among them being GlaxoSmithKline’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy as well as Eisai’s Alzheimer’s therapy Leqembi (lecanemab).Arexvy became the first…
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Japan OKs Enhertu, 3 Sakigake Drugs, Beovu, Latuda, and More
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 25 gave the green light to a slew of new medicines, including Daiichi Sankyo’s cancer drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) and Novartis’ Eylea (aflibercept) rival Beovu (brolucizumab). The MHLW granted conditional…
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