Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Kenporen’s Kono Pushes for “Huge Seller” Re-Pricing for Opdivo before 2018
The reimbursement price of Opdivo (nivolumab) should be slashed through a new special re-pricing rule for fast-growing blockbusters without waiting for the next drug price revision scheduled for April 2018, Shoji Kono, director of the National Federation of Health Insurance…
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