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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Sumitomo Eyes Conditional Nod for iPS Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s in FY2025
Sumitomo Pharma expects to obtain conditional and time-limited approval in Japan for raguneprocel, its allogeneic iPS cell-derived dopaminergic neural progenitor cell therapy, by the end of FY2025, President and CEO Toru Kimura said on August 6. “If things go smoothly,…
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