MHLW OKs Sovaldi for Genotypes 3-6, Opdivo for Head and Neck Cancer

March 27, 2017
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 24 approved additional indications for a batch of drugs, including Gilead Sciences’ Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) for genotypes 3-6 hepatitis C, and Ono Pharmaceutical’s PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) for head-and-neck cancer. Sovaldi,...read more