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Kadcyla’s Premium Portion Cut by 90% on CEA, 1 Device Gets Upward Adjustment: Chuikyo
Chugai Pharmaceutical’s cancer drug Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) will be hit by a 90% reduction of its initial pricing premium in April based on evaluations under a pilot cost effective assessment (CEA) program, with its final NHI price trimmed by 1.5%,…
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