The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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Kowa Gets High Court Backing in Livalo Patent Suit
Kowa said on April 5 that the Intellectual Property High Court has upheld a lower-court decision in favor of the company in a patent infringement suit over its major hyperlipidemia drug Livalo (pitavastatin) that it has brought against Japanese generic…
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