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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Astellas Confirms Applying to US MFN Medicaid Pricing Model
Astellas Pharma has confirmed that it applied to participate in the US government’s voluntary Medicaid drug pricing model under its most-favored-nation (MFN) policy, becoming the first pharmaceutical company outside a group of 17 major drug makers known to have done…
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