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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A Time for Patience - 4: Toho University Joins Ionis’ Global Trial for FUS-ALS
Development has now gotten underway in Japan for a new drug targeting ALS caused by FUS gene mutations (FUS-ALS). The compound in question is ION363, an antisense oligonucleotide being developed by US biotech Ionis Pharmaceuticals, which could become the first…
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