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Japan Recommends Beyonttra, Raises Enhertu Price

 
• By Lisa Takagi

Japan recommends eight new drugs for approval, including two for cardiomyopathy, and will also raise prices for multiple products, including Enhertu, on 1 April.

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Japan announced approval recommendations for eight new products over the 27 February to 6 March period, including two for cardiomyopathy indications - BridgeBio’s oral transthyretin stabilizer Beyonttra (acoramidis) and Camzyos (mavacamten), a first-in-class cardiac myosin inhibitor from Bristol Myers Squibb.

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