Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Sanofi Launches Japan’s 1st Humalog Biosimilar
The Japan arm of Sanofi launched a biosimilar version of Humalog (insulin lispro) on June 29. It is the country’s first follow-on biologic for the ultra-fast acting insulin marketed by Eli Lilly.The Humalog biosimilar comes in three versions: 1) Insulin…
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