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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BIKEN, Mitsubishi Tanabe to Form Vaccine JV Next May
The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, a vaccine maker better known as BIKEN, and its long-term distribution partner Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma will set up a joint venture in May next year, which will basically take over BIKEN’s…
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