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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1st G-Lasta Biosimilar Gets Japan Listing, Stelara Follow-On Not on Roster
The first biosimilar versions of the G-CSF agent G-Lasta (pegfilgrastim) in Japan will join the NHI price list on November 22, along with a fourth follow-on of the anti-TNFα antibody Humira (adalimumab), according to the government’s official gazette issued on…
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