The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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A Time for Patience - 2: Will High-Dose Mecobalamin and Tofersen Become First-Line Treatments in ALS?
Eisai’s high-dose mecobalamin and Biogen Japan’s tofersen are nearest to approval among the new ALS drugs under development in Japan. They could respectively become first-line treatments for early-stage sporadic ALS and for ALS with SOD1 gene mutations (SOD1-ALS), according to…
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