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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Chugai to Absorb Renalys Pharma in Late December
Chugai Pharmaceutical said on November 18 that it will merge Renalys Pharma into the company on December 29, following its planned acquisition of the biotech, which owns the IgA nephropathy drug sparsentan in Japan and several other Asian markets. In…
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