Japan’s all-important reimbursement policy panel on November 17 approved the listing of Takeda Pharmaceutical’s cell therapy Alofisel (darvadstrocel), with an NHI price of 5.62 million yen. It will join the NHI price list on November 25. Alofisel, a treatment for…
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