Japan’s drug pricing panel held its final round of industry hearings on December 10 as it heads toward the FY2026…
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MHLW Orders Label Revisions for Lixiana, Keytruda, and More Drugs
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on January 29 ordered safety-related label revisions for a batch of medicines, including MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Daiichi Sankyo’s anticoagulant Lixiana (edoxaban). The label of Keytruda will newly add pancreatic…
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