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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Takeda to Halt Sales of Cell Therapy Alofisel in Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on January 13 that it will discontinue sales in Japan of Alofisel (darvadstrocel) — its first cell therapy approved in the country — just over a year after the product was voluntarily withdrawn from the EU market…
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