Tag Archives: MHLW

AstraZeneca’s Truqap Gets Green Light in Japan for Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment

(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca announces the approval of Truqap (capivasertib) in combination with Faslodex (fulvestrant) by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) for treating adult patients with unresectable or recurrent hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. The approval, based … Read the full press release

Sanofi’s ALTUVIIIO Granted Marketing Authorization in Japan for Hemophilia A Treatment

(IN BRIEF) The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has granted marketing authorization for ALTUVIIIO, a novel factor VIII replacement therapy used to control bleeding in patients with hemophilia A. ALTUVIIIO, also known as efanesoctocog alfa, stands out … Read the full press release

Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) granted approval for GSK’s Nucala® as a treatment for bronchial asthma

LONDON, 29-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE:GSK) today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted approval for Nucala® (mepolizumab) as a treatment for bronchial asthma in patients with refractory asthma whose symptoms are inadequately … Read the full press release