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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A day before the FDA’s aducanumab advisory committee meeting, Eisai CEO Haruo Naito at the company’s earnings conference on November 5 expressed his expectations for what could potentially be the first Alzheimer’s drug in 17 years. Partner Biogen’s anti-amyloid antibody…
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