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Chuikyo Agrees to Vet Conditional Scheme for Regenerative Medicine as Elevidys Gets Approval
A key Japanese reimbursement policy panel will reexamine the general set-up of health coverage under the current conditional time-limited approval pathway for regenerative medicinal products, beginning this fall. The plan comes after two recent cases of conditionally approved products failing…
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