Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 19 granted orphan drug designation to a raft of compounds, including Novartis Pharma’s ianalumab and Janssen Pharmaceutical’s (J&J) bleximenib. According to an MHLW notification issued the same day, ianalumab was…
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The Wednesday TableShe had been on virtual calls since eight in the morning. The screen glowed. Her eyes burned. Plugged into Teams across time zones, she was digitally connected yet entirely isolated from the reality of Japan’s pharma market.She needed…





