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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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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