Japan’s drug pricing panel held its final round of industry hearings on December 10 as it heads toward the FY2026…
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Trial Investigators Brush Aside Concerns over CASE-J in US Journal
Investigators of a large-scale clinical trial involving Takeda Pharmaceutical’s blood pressure drug Blopress (candesartan) have fired back at concerns raised by a Japanese cardiologist last month, contending that there were no problems with the statistical method employed and their presentation…
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