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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Roche Diagnostics Files Alzheimer’s Blood Test in Japan
Roche Diagnostics has filed its Elecsys pTau217 blood test in Japan as an in vitro diagnostic for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the company said on August 10. The application was submitted on August 6.The test measures plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217),…
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