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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Kaken Set to Take Stab at US Market with Vascular Malformation Drug
Kaken Pharmaceutical aims to branch out into the US market now that it has successfully clinched a major out-licensing deal ahead of schedule, with its drug discovery work producing favorable results, President Hiroyuki Horiuchi says. “We’re now at a point…
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