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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Japan Approves Kerendia, Vabysmo, Ondexxya, Takhzyro and More
Japan’s health ministry approved a batch of new medicines on March 28 including Bayer Yakuhin’s chronic kidney disease (CDK) treatment Kerendia (finerenone) and Chugai Pharmaceutical’s Vabysmo (faricimab), the first bispecific antibody for eyes. Kerendia won the green light for the…
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