Japan’s health ministry approved a slew of new medicines on September 25 including multiple “first of its kind” products, among them being GlaxoSmithKline’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy as well as Eisai’s Alzheimer’s therapy Leqembi (lecanemab).Arexvy became the first…
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Pharma Industry Stays Pat on “No” to Off-Year Plan, Why Not Going for Trade-Off?
Debates on the planned FY2023 off-year drug price revision are now entering the final stretch. Healthcare providers and payers have made their conflicting positions clear on the scope of products to be covered by the re-pricing, while the pharma industry…
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