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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Kyowa Kirin Says Strong Low-Dose Effect Behind KHK4951 PII Miss
Kyowa Kirin says the unexpectedly strong efficacy of its low dose neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) eye drops KHK4951 contributed to the drug’s failure to hit the primary goal in a global PII study, which was designed to show a…
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