The delayed approval and price setting of Novartis Pharma’s Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) listed in May, has raised questions about how the sakigake designation system should be operated. Despite being designated for the…
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- Japan OKs World’s 1st iPS Cell Clinical Research for Spinal Cord Injuries
February 19, 2019
- Revised Hyperuricemia Treatment Guidelines Recommend Uric Acid Production Inhibitors to Prevent Kidney Function Decline
January 21, 2019
- Concomitant Insulin a Must for Suglat Use in Type 1 Diabetes: Specialist
January 18, 2019
- 8-Week Treatment with Maviret a Promising First-Line Option for Hepatitis C: Hepatologist
January 11, 2019
- Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ. to Launch Investigator-Led Trial for JAK Inhibitor for CAEBV
January 10, 2019
- Keio Univ. Board OKs World’s 1st iPS Cell Clinical Research for Spinal Cord Injuries
November 29, 2018
- Health Economist Calls for Robust Appraisal Process in Japan CEA System
November 20, 2018
- World’s 1st, Keio Univ. Plans iPS Cell Clinical Research for Spinal Cord Injuries
November 15, 2018
- Hematology Specialist Advises Caution in Using Hemlibra in Children
October 30, 2018
- Research Group Builds New Pathogenic Variants Database for Japanese Hereditary Breast Cancer
October 16, 2018
- I/O Pioneers Win Nobel Prize in Medicine; Honjo Prods Japan Firms to Make More Academic Investment at Home
October 2, 2018
- New Treatment GL for Statin Intolerance Compiled by Atherosclerosis Society, 3 Other Academic Societies
October 1, 2018
- Opdivo Holds Promise as New Option for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Pulmonary Specialist
September 21, 2018
- Oncologist Hails Tagrisso Approval for 1st-Line Lung Cancer Treatment
September 14, 2018
- 3-Year Cancer Survival Rate in Japan at 71%: NCC
September 13, 2018
- Japan Cancer Association to Release Statement on Health Spending at Sept. Meeting
August 24, 2018
- Only 30% of Patients Took Thyroid Tests before Receiving Dementia Meds: Survey
July 25, 2018
- Debut of siRNA Therapeutic Looming on Horizon; Alnylam’s Patisiran Might Be Filed in Japan Too
July 24, 2018
- Japanese Society of Medical Oncology to Update I/O Guidelines in October
July 18, 2018
- Hematologist Optimistic about New Drugs for AML Including SMO and BCL-2 Inhibitors as Well as FLT3 Inhibitors
July 11, 2018
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