Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Sumitomo Bakelite Files Application for Gene Chip for Cancer Diagnosis
Sumitomo Bakelite said on July 8 that it filed an application on July 4 for the approval of its in vitro diagnostic peritoneal washing cytology (PWC) kit for gastric cancer, which includes Japan’s first gene chip for cancer diagnosis. In…
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