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The re-pricing of Gilead Sciences’ hepatitis C drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) less than a year after launch will have negative fallout for the Japanese pharma market overall, the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ) warned in its report released…
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