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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Takeda Files TAK-662 for Congenital Protein C Deficiency in Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on April 28 that it has filed a new drug application in Japan for TAK-662 (protein C concentrate), a lyophilized sterile concentrate of human protein C, for the treatment of congenital protein C deficiency. The application seeks…
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