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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Nippon Kayaku Grabs Japan Rights to Lilly’s Soon-to-Launch Portrazza
Nippon Kayaku said on April 22 that it has been granted exclusive rights in Japan to manufacture and commercialize Eli Lilly’s soon-to-be-approved lung cancer treatment necitumumab, an EGFR antagonist also known as Portrazza overseas. Necitumumab is a recombinant human IgG1…
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