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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Mitsubishi Tanabe Gets Taiwan Rights for Rigel/Kissei’s ITP Drug
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma said on January 7 that it has acquired a sub-license from Kissei Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize the spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor fostamatinib in Taiwan. Tai Tien Pharmaceuticals, a local subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe, entered into…
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