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Chugai Pharmaceutical on February 20 launched its Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) in Japan at a price of nearly 305 million yen — the highest ever set under the country’s drug reimbursement system. Elevidys, Japan’s first…
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