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The Ministry of Health and Welfare will provide National Health Insurance coverage for Fintepla oral solution, a treatment for Dravet syndrome. Fintepla oral solution completed insurance listing in 126 days through a pilot program that conducts approval, evaluation, and negotiations concurrently. The Ministry of Health and Welfare will also expand coverage for the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma drug Polivy and the pediatric leukemia treatment Blincyto injection.

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