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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Terumo to End Sale of HeartSheet after Panel’s Thumbs-Down
Terumo is terminating the sale of HeartSheet, autologous skeletal myoblast sheets for heart failure, the company said on July 20, just one day after a key health ministry panel agreed that it is not appropriate to grant full traditional approval…
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