Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
REGULATORY
GSK’s Exdensur, Lilly’s Inluriyo Missing from March Listing Roster
Several medicines that have already secured regulatory approval will not be included in Japan’s new drug price listings set to take effect March 18, Jiho has learned. These include GSK’s Exdensur (depemokimab) and Eli Lilly’s Inluriyo (imlunestrant), both approved in…
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