Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Kyowa Kirin Snares Japan Rights to BridgeBio’s Skeletal Dysplasias Drug
Kyowa Kirin has acquired the exclusive rights for BridgeBio Pharma’s investigational drug infigratinib in Japan for the treatment of skeletal dysplasias, the two companies said on February 7. The US biotech’s subsidiary QED Therapeutics has signed a deal to grant…
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