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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Luxturna Priced at 49.6 Million Yen per Vial, Peak Sales Put at 500 Million Yen with 5 Patients
Novartis’ gene therapy Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec) will join the NHI price list on August 30 at a price of 49.6 million yen per vial, making it the second most expensive medicine in the country, only after the company’s Zolgensma (onasemnogene…
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