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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Specialist Hails Wegovy as “Game Changer” for MASH Treatment
Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 receptor agonist Wegovy (semaglutide) could become a “game changer” in the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a leading Japanese hepatologist said on June 30 following the drug’s approval for the liver disease in Japan. Speaking at…
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