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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AstraZeneca Launches Sales Unit Dedicated to GI Cancer as Imfinzi Expands Label
The Japan arm of AstraZeneca set up a sales team specializing in gastrointestinal cancer last year to ramp up its pitch for its immune checkpoint inhibitor Imfinzi (durvalumab), which broadened its label into GI indications in December. The company has…
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