The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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Paclitaxel OK’ed for External Review under Fast-Track Senshin-Iryo Scheme for Cancer Drugs
A health ministry panel gave the go-ahead to Bristol-Myers K.K.’s Taxol (paclitaxel) on December 4 for an external review by the National Cancer Center (NCC) under a special senshin-iryo scheme designed to speed up patient access to anticancer agents. The…
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