CDA-AMC reverses course, backs Leqembi’s first ruling content still undisclosed
Four words carry the news: follows a reconsideration. CDA-AMC reached a different conclusion first, and neither release says what it was.
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Nine More Drugmakers Signed MFN Deals. The Coalition Formed to Fight Them Did Not.
The useful information is who is absent. The mid-sized biotech coalition formed to contest MFN has no member among the nine signatories.
Korea Runs Three Reimbursement Speeds. September Shows All Three at Once.
The lane determines the timeline, and it is set long before you file. Model the Korean queue, not the approval date.
Biocon Makes It, a Consultancy Holds the Licence, and Sandoz Sells It
Three parties, three functions, and Biocon holds only the middle one. Treat the caretaker MAH structure as the Japanese default, not the exception.
China Will Pay One Price for 158 Conditions, Whatever the Hospital
Same disease, same payment across tiers. Of 31 DRG categories, 27 are internal medicine, where drug cost rather than theatre time drives the case.
France Funded Two Cancer Drugs the Same Week. One Was Rated Therapeutic Progress, One Was Not.
Listing is granted by indication, not by licence. Columvi is funded for one situation and refused for the rest of its authorisation.
NICE Backed a Weekly Insulin Before It Has a Licence, Then Told Prescribers to Pick the Cheapest Option
QuickAccess read/Endocrine & Metabolic/Peptide NICE Backed a Weekly Insulin Before It Has a Licence, Then Told Prescribers to Pick the Cheapest Option Athithi Verma· 25 August 2026· 2 min read· Synopulse NICE published final draft guidance recommending insulin efsitora alfa (Onswik), from Eli Lilly, for adults with type 2 diabetes. Given once weekly by pre-filled … Read more
Canada Moved Two Cancer Drugs Forward in One Week. Neither Went the Normal Route.
One drug reached review only because payers filed for a manufacturer that had not. The other was recommended on evidence the committee called inconclusive.
The Number Everyone Will Quote About European Launches Rests on Eleven Products
The 22.9% figure driving coverage of European launch delays is 48 products falling to 37. The pricing finding underneath it is stronger and barely quoted.
Singapore Approved Both Blenrep Combinations. Korea Reimbursed Only the One With Survival Data.
Same drug, same week, two Asian markets. The regulator approved on progression-free survival. The payer funded only the regimen with overall survival data.