Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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MHLW Panel Clears New Drugs from MSD, Pfizer, Amicus for Approval
Three new medicines gained the blessing of a key health ministry panel on June 4 that sets the stage for their Japanese regulatory approvals, including MSD’s sotatercept and Pfizer’s etrasimod. Sotatercept was recommended approval by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Council’s First…
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