On March 5, Japan unveiled new NHI prices for the FY2024 drug price revision. A Jiho survey found that Tsumura, a specialist in Japanese Kampo herbal medicines, received an astonishing raise of over 24% in its drug prices on a…
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Nesp Biosame to Hit Japan Market in July-September 2019
The so-called “biosame” version of Kyowa Hakko Kirin’s flagship renal anemia drug Nesp (darbepoetin alfa) will be launched in the July-September quarter of 2019, Kyowa Hakko Kirin told analysts at an earnings briefing on October 30. Darbepoetin Alfa Injection Syringe…
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