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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Takeda Sets Up New Manufacturing Line for Alofisel at Osaka Plant
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on December 15 that it has built a new manufacturing line for its recently approved Crohn’s disease cell therapy Alofisel (darvadstrocel) at a plant in Osaka, western Japan.In Japan, Alofisel was approved late September for the treatment…
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