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Kisunla Gets Reimbursement Listing with Daily NHI Price of 8,560 Yen
Eli Lilly’s Kisunla (donanemab) will join the Japanese reimbursement list on November 20, with a health ministry panel giving the go-ahead for the coverage of the second Aβ antibody to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Japan following Eisai’s Leqembi (lecanemab).…
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