Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Chugai to Enter Hemophilia Field with Emicizumab; Peak Sales Could Top 200 Billion Yen
Chugai Pharmaceutical plans to enter the field of hemophilia. Emicizumab, a novel hemophilia A treatment that is injected subcutaneously once weekly and shows efficacy regardless of the presence of inhibitors (neutralizing antibodies) to coagulation factor VIII, will be its first…
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