The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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Novo’s Semaglutide Stumbles as Panel Puts a Hold on Japan Approval
Novo Nordisk’s once-weekly GLP-1 agent semaglutide hit a bump in Japan as a key health ministry advisory organ on December 4 put a hold on issuing a recommendation for the drug’s approval and decided to continue its deliberations. Members of…
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