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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More Drug Makers Launching “Follow-on AGs”; Norvasc, Metgluco AGs Listed in December
A growing number of original drug makers are launching authorized generics (AGs) through subsidiaries and partners as soon as their major products lose patent protection, but many are introducing follow-on AGs as well after low-cost copies are already on the…
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