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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Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma suffered a setback in a PIII study investigating its hoped-to-be blockbuster napabucasin for the treatment of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer, as an independent data monitoring committee found that the drug is unlikely to extend overall survival…
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