Japan’s health ministry approved a slew of new medicines on September 25 including multiple “first of its kind” products, among them being GlaxoSmithKline’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy as well as Eisai’s Alzheimer’s therapy Leqembi (lecanemab).Arexvy became the first…
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- Shelf Life for Lagevrio Extended to 36 Months in Japan
April 24, 2023
- MHLW Panel OKs 192 More Health Damage Claims for COVID-19 Vaccines
April 24, 2023
- Japan’s Diet Enacts Bill to Establish Pandemic Response Agency
April 24, 2023
- Health Ministry Panel OKs Japan’s First Abortion Pill with Official Go-Ahead Set for May
April 24, 2023
- Delay Reimbursement Fee Revisions by Few Months: LDP Project Team
April 21, 2023
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April 20, 2023
- Industry Groups Call for Reimbursement Scheme Tailored to Characteristics of SaMDs
April 19, 2023
- Push SaMDs from Industrial Policy Viewpoint: Deregulation Panel Member
April 18, 2023
- Wholesaler Lobby Raps Politicians over Product Coverage of Off-Year Cuts
April 18, 2023
- LDP Gathers Steam towards Pharma Policy Proposal Next Month, Sees Honebuto as Make-or-Break Milestone
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