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Chuikyo to Discuss Out-of-Cycle Re-Pricing for Opdivo, but JMA Turns Wary

July 28, 2016

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The health ministry’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council on July 27 agreed to discuss a special measure to cut the reimbursement prices of Opdivo (nivolumab), including its possible ad-hoc re-pricing out of the current biennial revision cycle in FY2017, as…

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