The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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Ono, Prof. Honjo Disagree About Validity of Patent Royalty Rate for Opdivo
Ono Pharmaceutical and Kyoto University Professor Tasuku Honjo have sharply conflicting views on whether their exchanges about the royalty rate for the anti-PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) in 2014 constituted an agreement - a major point of dispute in a lawsuit…
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