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Ono defends Opdivo as cost comes under scrutiny in Japan

July 13, 2016
By Richard Smart
TOKYO – Japan's Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. recently got into a public debate at home about the price of its cancer drug, Opdivo (nivolumab), which critics argue could bring too great a burden on the national welfare system. The company, however, said an analyst's estimates as to the amount of people that will use the anti-PD-1 drug and the length of time for which they will use it are both exaggerated.
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