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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Astellas Logs Record Earnings on Bullish Xtandi in FY2015
Astellas Pharma rang up record sales and net profit in the year ended March 2016, driven by the unabated momentum of its prostate cancer drug Xtandi (enzalutamide), the Japanese drug major said on May 11. In FY2015, the company’s group…
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