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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Nippon Shinyaku’s DMD Drug Misses Mark in Confirmatory Study
Nippon Shinyaku said on May 27 that its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug Viltepso (viltolarsen) failed to meet the primary endpoint in a global confirmatory study. Despite the setback, the company says it stands behind the benefits of the exon-skipping…
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