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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Eisai Settles Lenvima Patent Suit with Sun Pharma
Eisai said on March 25 that it has reached a settlement with Indian drug maker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries over a patent infringement lawsuit involving a generic version of its cancer drug Lenvima (lenvatinib) in the US. The Japanese pharma has…
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