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 Pharma Reveals Fudged Accelerated Stability Test of Mestinon
Kyowa Pharmaceutical Industry had conducted improper accelerated stability testing when filing for a partial change of its myasthenia gravis drug Mestinon (pyridostigmine bromide) back in 2009, it has been found out. The misconduct took place in a research center in…
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