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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JCR Earns Japan Rights to DMD Drug from Italfarmaco
JCR Pharmaceuticals said on December 24 that it has signed an exclusive license agreement with Italy’s Italfarmaco to bring in givinostat for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in Japan. Under the deal, JCR obtains exclusive commercialization rights in…
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