Japan Slashes Opdivo Price 50% After Prescriptions Surge

Merck’s Keytruda could see its launch price set lower too after Opdivo’s rapidly rising use in lung cancer triggers maximum statutory price cut.

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Japan’s decision to cut the reimbursement price of Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd./Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s cancer drug Opdivo (nivolumab) by 50% – the maximum allowable reduction – could signal a tough new effort by the government on prescription drug costs.

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