REGULATORY
Chuikyo OKs 16 APIs for Listing on May 25, Novartis’s Melanoma Combo Gets 45% Price Premium
The health ministry’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on May 18 approved 16 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for NHI price listing on May 25, including the combo melanoma therapy, Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), and the lung cancer drugs…
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