The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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HeartSheet’s Conditional Approval to Be Withdrawn as Early as August
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) is expected to withdraw the current conditional, time-limited approval of Terumo’s regenerative medicine product HeartSheet as early as next month, with the final decision now made not to grant it the full…
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