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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Novo Seeks Japan Approval of Hemophilia Drug Concizumab
Novo Nordisk Pharma said on August 29 that it has filed a new drug application in Japan for its once-daily subcutaneous injectable concizumab, a tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), for the treatment of certain patients with hemophilia. The submission targets…
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