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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Lumakras, Bimzelx, Pivlaz Now Available in Japan
Amgen rolled out its lung cancer drug Lumakras (sotorasib) in Japan on April 20, making the world’s first KRAS inhibitor available for Japanese patients with oncogenic mutations that were long considered as undruggable. Lumakras obtained NHI price listing the same…
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