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Drug Pricing Rules to Be Applied to Novartis’ Gene Therapy Luxturna
Japan’s all-important reimbursement policy panel on July 5 agreed to apply drug pricing rules for the listing of Novartis Pharma’s gene therapy Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec), which was approved last month for the treatment of a rare eye disease. Luxturna was…
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