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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New Authorized Generic Re-Pricing Rule Applied to Olmetec, Crestor AGs
Authorized generic (AG) versions of Daiichi Sankyo’s hypertension drug Olmetec (olmesartan) and AstraZeneca’s cholesterol fighter Crestor (rosuvastatin) will become the first AGs to face a new AG re-pricing rule to be introduced in the FY2018 drug price revision this April.…
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