The average gap between NHI prices and the market prices of listed medicines in Japan stood at a preliminary 5.2%…
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ActualEyes, a Kyoto-based biotech startup spun out of Doshisha University, has initiated a Japanese PII trial for a cell product that it hopes will be a game changer for the treatment of bullous keratopathy, a disorder of the corneal endothelium.…
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