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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Keytruda Filed for Perioperative Use for Head and Neck Cancer in Japan
MSD said on March 21 that it has filed its PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as a perioperative treatment for unresectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).The submission rides on the back of positive data from a global…
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