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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BMKK, Ono Initiate Multinational PIIIb Study of Orencia in Japan
Bristol-Myers K.K. (BMKK) and Ono Pharmaceutical said on December 18 that they have begun in Japan a multinational clinical PIIIb study of Orencia (abatacept) in treatment-naïve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The trial, dubbed AVERT-2, is designed to investigate the efficacy…
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