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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Gene Techno CEO Eyes Lucentis Biosimilar Launch in November 2021, Expects Share of “At Least 30%”
Gene Techno Science plans to file what could be Japan’s first Lucentis (ranibizumab) biosimilar as early as September, aiming for its approval a year later and its listing and launch in November 2021, President and CEO Masaharu Tani said in…
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