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Chuikyo OKs NHI Price Listing of Anti-HIV Drug Genvoya
The health ministry’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on June 22 approved the expedited NHI price listing of Japan Tobacco’s anti-HIV drug Genvoya (elvitegravir + cobicistat + emtricitabine + tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)). The drug will be listed on June…
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