REGULATORY

Chuikyo OKs NHI Listing for Ferring’s Adstiladrin, Ishin’s Allostem Sheet

July 9, 2026
Japan’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on July 8 approved the NHI listing of two regenerative medicine products: Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy Adstiladrin (nadofaragene firadenovec) and Ishin Pharma’s epidermolysis bullosa treatment Allostem Sheet (nivadstrocel). Both products are scheduled to…

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