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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GSK Sees Promise in Antibody Therapy against Coronavirus Variants, Looking at Japan Rollout Too
With cases of coronavirus variants spiking across the world, GlaxoSmithKline sees promise in its antibody therapy developed with Vir Biotechnology, David Brooks, the company’s head of COVID-19 therapeutics, tells Jiho. With the drug recently filed for Emergency Use Authorization in…
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