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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Novo Pairs Up with Sumitomo on Ozempic Promotion in Japan
Novo Nordisk and Sumitomo Pharma said on May 30 that they have concluded a copromotion agreement in Japan for Ozempic (semaglutide SC injection), a once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Beginning in July, the…
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