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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Market Expansion Re-Pricing to Hit 23 Meds in April, Opdivo Faces Yet Another Cut in Spillover
A total of 23 drugs (APIs)/38 products will see their prices slashed by market expansion re-pricing in the FY2024 price revision in April, with Ono Pharmaceutical’s I/O agent Opdivo (nivolumab) falling victim to yet another reduction under the so-called “spillover”…
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