On paper, things should be looking up for Japan’s pharmaceutical wholesalers. Industry expectations are mounting that the average gap between NHI and market prices will narrow further in FY2026 from the previous year’s record low of 4.8%.A shrinking gap should…
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Japan Panel Green-Lights GSK’s Hep B Drug, Brinsupri, Hyrnuo
A Japanese health ministry panel on July 27 recommended approval for three new molecular entities (NMEs) — GlaxoSmithKline’s hepatitis B treatment bepirovirsen, Insmed’s bronchiectasis drug brensocatib, and Bayer’s HER2-targeted lung cancer therapy sevabertinib. The Pharmaceutical Affairs Council’s Second Committee on…
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