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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Ono Chief Questions Yet Another Re-Pricing for Opdivo, 11.5% Cut in August
Ono Pharmaceutical President Gyo Sagara on May 11 questioned the health ministry’s plan to apply yet another re-pricing for its flagship PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) after repeated price cuts over the past years. “It would be carried out in accordance…
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