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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Shoichiro Ogawa Tapped as Alcon Pharma Japan Chief
Alcon Pharma appointed Shoichiro Ogawa as its president effective October 1, the company, which was created in April through the integration of Novartis Pharma’s ophthalmology division and Alcon Japan’s pharma unit, said on October 2. Mr Ogawa, 48, assumed the…
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