Japan’s key reimbursement policy panel on December 25 approved an outline of the FY2025 drug price revision, finalizing plans to…
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Chugai Delivers Record Earnings, but Pegasys Falters on IFN-Free Hep C Therapies
Chugai Pharmaceutical notched up its highest-ever revenues and operating profit in 2015 thanks to buoyant drug sales in the areas of cancer and bone diseases, but its Pegasys (recombinant peginterferon alfa-2a) was battered by the rapid penetration of interferon (IFN)-free…
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