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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Takeda Puts Up US$4 Billion for Nimbus’ TYK2 Immune Therapy
Takeda Pharmaceutical is acquiring NDI-034858, an investigational immune therapy, from US biotech Nimbus Therapeutics for US$4 billion upfront, the Japanese drug juggernaut said on December 13. The company has agreed with Nimbus to purchase the drug through the acquisition of…
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