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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Balancing Act: All Eyes on Nesp Biosame Pricing before June 2019 Listing, Biosimilars to Follow in November
The so-called “biosame” version of Nesp (darbepoetin alfa) will hit the Japan market next year, probably a few months before its biosimilar rivals. As things go now, however, there would be a price twist that could threaten the broader biosimilar…
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