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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Opdivo-Yervoy Filed for 1st Line Use in MSI-H Colorectal Cancer in Japan
A combination therapy of Ono Pharmaceutical’s anti-PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Bristol Myers Squibb’s anti-CTLA-4 antibody Yervoy (ipilimumab) has been filed in Japan for the first-line treatment of microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer, the two companies said on September 12.…
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