The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) appears to be ready to begin post-launch drug price adjustments based on cost-effectiveness assessments (CEAs) for the first time since the system was introduced in April 2019. As price tweaks will be…
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A key health ministry advisory committee on September 4 gave its thumbs up to Rakuten Medical’s sakigake-designated antibody drug conjugate (ADC) (cetuximab sarotalocan sodium), based on its photoimmunotherapy technology platform, placing the drug in line for approval in September, along…
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