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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Yescarta Approved in Japan as 2nd CAR-T Cell Therapy
Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) became Japan’s second CAR-T cell therapy on January 22, with its approval announced the same day by Daiichi Sankyo, which licensed the drug from Kite Pharma, a Gilead company. The next round of new drug listing is…
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