INTERVIEW: Janssen India Boss On Sirturo Pricing And Real World Evidence
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
India has introduced Janssen's Sirturo, a poster child in the war against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, through its Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program.
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