Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Drug Damage Watchdog Presses Criminal Charge against Novartis over Diovan Ads
A non-governmental drug damage watch group filed a criminal complaint with Tokyo prosecutors over Novartis Pharma’s antihypertensive Diovan (valsartan) on November 1, alleging that the pharmaceutical maker dispersed misinformation by using manipulated clinical trial data in its advertising. It is…
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