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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Celltrion Files Biosimilar without Japanese Clinical Data, More Firms Might Follow
South Korea's Celltrion appears to have become the first company to seek Japanese approval for a biosimilar without local clinical trial data, submitting its Eylea (aflibercept) follow-on after a regulatory change early this year. The new policy, introduced by the…
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