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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Otsuka’s Samsca Wins Add’l Indication for Fluid Retention in Liver Cirrhosis Patients; World’s 1st Such Approval
Otsuka Pharmaceutical announced on September 17 that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has granted the aquaretic agent Samsca 7.5 mg Tablets (tolvaptan) an additional indication for the treatment of fluid retention in patients with liver cirrhosis.The drug is…
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