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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Sumitomo Files iPS Cell-Derived Dopaminergic Progenitor Cells in Japan
Sumitomo Pharma said on August 5 that it has filed for approval of its allogeneic iPS cell-derived dopaminergic neural progenitor cells (INN: raguneprocel) for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease in Japan. The product is intended to improve motor symptoms during…
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