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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Top Court Slaps Down Debiopharm’s Appeal over Elplat Patent
Nippon Chemiphar and Nagase Medicals said on March 19 that Japan’s Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Swiss-based Debiopharm International SA, which sought to block the distribution of generic versions of its anticancer agent Elplat (oxaliplatin). In May 2016, Debiopharm…
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