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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Panel OKs Xarelto’s Label Expansion for Post-Fontan Heart Failure Patients
Bayer Yakuhin’s anticoagulant Xarelto (rivaroxaban) on October 27 cleared the review of a key health ministry advisory organ for its additional indication as a thromboprophylaxis in heart disease patients after a Fontan procedure. The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s…
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