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 Pharma Sees iPSC Therapy as Potential US$1 Billion Global Product
Sumitomo Pharma expects its induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived Parkinson’s disease therapy raguneprocel to eventually generate more than US$1 billion in global sales, President and CEO Toru Kimura said at an R&D briefing on February 17. Raguneprocel — an iPSC-derived…
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