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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Lilly’s RET Inhibitor, Pfizer’s Oral JAK Drug Make Japan Debut
Eli Lilly launched its RET kinase inhibitor Retevmo (selpercatinib) in Japan on December 13 for the treatment of RET fusion-positive unresectable, advanced/relapsed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Retevmo is the world’s first selective, small-molecule RET kinase inhibitor approved for the…
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