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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Sumitomo Dainippon to Launch 3 Pivotal Trials for Napabucasin in FY2015, Postpone BBI503 Program
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma will start three new pivotal trials for its investigational cancer drug napabucasin (BBI608) by the end of this fiscal year, while putting off a pivotal study of BBI503 by one year, Hiroshi Noguchi, senior executive vice president,…
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