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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Pfizer Seeks Breast Cancer Use for Avastin Biosimilar
Pfizer Japan said on November 22 that it has filed its Avastin (bevacizumab) biosimilar for an additional indication of inoperable or relapsed breast cancer. The drug had hit the Japan market in December 2019 as the country’s first follow-on biologic…
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