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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Sotyktu, Spevigo, Fintepla, Koselugo, and More Now Available in Japan
A throng of new medicines hit the Japanese market on November 16 upon their NHI reimbursement listing, including Bristol Myers Squibb’s Sotyktu (deucravacitinib) and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spevigo (spesolimab), both psoriasis therapies. An oral tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, Sotyktu is…
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