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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50% Price Cut for Opdivo OK’ed with Estimated Sales of 151.6-Plus Billion Yen
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a health ministry reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, on November 16 agreed to ax the NHI prices of Opdivo (nivolumab) by 50% in February next year as an emergency step to curtail…
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