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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Chugai to File for Approval of Xeloda as Gastric Cancer Adjuvant Therapy by Year-End
Chugai Pharmaceutical plans to submit an application by the end of the year seeking to expand the indication of its anticancer agent Xeloda (capecitabine) in Japan, Director Yutaka Tanaka revealed on December 16. The drug maker will file Xeloda for…
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