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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Shionogi to Test COVID Pill as Prophylaxis for Household Contacts from December
Shionogi plans to initiate a global PIII clinical trial to investigate whether its oral COVID-19 drug ensitrelvir prevents the onset of COVID-19 in family members living with a patient showing the first symptomatic infection in the household. The study will…
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