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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Sumitomo Drops 100 Billion Yen Diabetes Sales Goal as Trulicity Collab Ends
Sumitomo Pharma plans to review its 100-billion-yen revenue target for its diabetes business after it was decided that the company’s Trulicity (dulaglutide) marketing partnership with Eli Lilly Japan will end late this year, sales chief Takuya Taguchi told Jiho on…
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