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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Takeda’s Epilepsy Drug Misses Mark in Two PIII Studies
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on June 17 that its investigational treatment soticlestat, also known as TAK-935, could not reach the primary goals in two PIII clinical studies targeting rare forms of epilepsies. The trials respectively covered Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome,…
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