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