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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Japan PII Now Underway for Otsuka’s DMD Candidate TAS-205
Otsuka Holdings has begun a PII study in Japan for its investigational Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment TAS-205, the company said in its R&D update on August 9. TAS-205 is a selective hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (HPGDS) inhibitor. It is…
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