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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Teijin Out-Licenses Narcolepsy Drug to France’s Bioprojet
Teijin Pharma said on April 10 that it has granted the exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize its preclinical investigational compound for narcolepsy to French drug maker Bioprojet. Bioprojet has the histamine H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist pitolisant (brand…
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