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Zolgensma Hits Japan Market with Stringent Conditions Attached
Novartis launched its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) in Japan upon its listing on May 20 with stringent conditions on both label and health coverage fronts. While the one-and-done therapy fetched the biggest price tag in…
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