Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Aricept Overtakes Blopress to Take Top Spot in Domestic Drug Sales
With sales of ¥57.6 billion, the Alzheimer’s disease treatment Aricept (donepezil) displaced the angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) Blopress (candesartan) as Japan’s top-selling ethical drug in the first half of FY2011. Blopress, which maintained the leading position for seven periods…
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