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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Imfinzi, Bavencio to Add Encephalitis Risks in Label Revision
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on July 20 ordered label revisions for a batch of drugs including the addition of encephalitis risks for AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) and Merck Biopharma’s Bavencio (avelumab), both PD-L1 inhibitors. In the updated…
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