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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Terumo Debuts Cell-Based Heart Failure Therapy HeartSheet
Terumo said on May 30 that it has launched what it claims to be the world’s first regenerative medicine-based treatment for heart failure in Japan. HeartSheet, autologous skeletal myoblast sheets, is expected to treat some 20-30 patients a year, the…
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