Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Calquence, Adlumiz, Zymso Now Available in Japan
A batch of new medicines hit the Japan market on April 21 upon their NHI price listing, including AstraZeneca’s chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treatment Calquence (acalabrutinib), the first blood cancer drug that the company has rolled out in the country.…
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