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Imdelltra, Balversa, 2 More New Drugs Skip March Listing
Four of the 16 new medicines approved in Japan late last year will be taking a pass on the NHI price listing in March, including Amgen’s Imdelltra (tarlatamab) and Janssen Pharmaceutical’s (J&J) Balversa (erdafitinib), Jiho has learned. Jiho compared the…
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