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Japan’s all-important reimbursement policy panel on January 26 agreed to apply drug pricing rules for Bristol Myers Squibb’s CAR-T cell therapy Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel). It is the first product in the CAR-T class approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma…
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