Japan is pressing ahead with broader drug price cuts under its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system, despite lingering questions over the…
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Daiichi Sankyo to Discontinue Sales of Herceptin Biosimilar in November
Daiichi Sankyo is discontinuing the marketing of its biosimilar version of the cancer agent Herceptin (trastuzumab) later this year due to the recent shutdown of a third-party manufacturing site used by licensing partner Amgen. The Japanese pharma will stop the…
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