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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Label Revisions Ordered for Xtandi, Paxlovid, and More Drugs
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on April 8 ordered label revisions for four medicines, including Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) and Astellas Pharma’s cancer agent Xtandi (enzalutamide), whose concomitant use is now contraindicated. The “contraindications” and “contraindications…
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