Japan should fundamentally overhaul its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme while putting a hold on CEA-based price adjustments, a new ruling…
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Bayer, Santen to Copromote VEGF Trap-Eye Injection
Bayer Yakuhin entered into a copromotion agreement in Japan on May 7 with Santen Pharmaceutical for its wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) treatment VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept) for which the company filed a new drug application (NDA) in Japan, and…
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