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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MSD Japan President Pins High Hopes on Keytruda Growth in 2017 after 7.8% Sales Dip
MSD Japan is looking to see the growth of its anti-PD-1 antibody Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in 2017 after the company saw its Japan sales dwindle 7.8% to 312 billion yen on an NHI price basis in the previous year, local president…
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