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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MHLW Panel to Discuss Semaglutide for Obesity, Precedex, Entyvio SC on Jan. 27
A Japanese health ministry panel will discuss whether to recommend approval for a batch of medicines including Novo Nordisk Pharma’s diabetes drug semaglutide for the treatment of obesity at a meeting on January 27. Semaglutide is one of three medicines…
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