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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Welireg Expected to Preserve Organ Function in VHL Disease: Urologist
MSD’s recently launched Welireg (belzutifan) could help patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease preserve organ function by reducing the need for repeated surgeries, said Hisashi Hasumi, a urologist at Yokohama City University. VHL disease is a rare condition caused by…
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