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MHLW Unveils New List Prices, Post-Launch Foreign Price Adjustment Applied Only to Opdivo
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced new NHI reimbursement drug prices effective April 1 in the official gazette on March 5, revealing that Opdivo (nivolumab) was the only drug subject to a new post-launch downward adjustment based…
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