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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Pfizer Begins Submitting Applications for Biosimilars, Could Be First Major New Drug Maker to Enter Japanese Market
Pfizer Japan has begun submitting applications for domestic marketing authorization for a number of biosimilars. The first was for a biosimilar of the anti-rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug Remicade (infliximab). Four other biosimilars are in PIII clinical development and could be…
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