The Blackstone Group, a major US private equity firm, has announced the acquisition of Takeda Consumer Healthcare Company (TCHC), a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical. Investment funds and other industries have been putting out feelers toward the pharmaceutical sector in recent…
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Discuss Cost Effectiveness Assessment, Disclosure Ratios Separately: FPMAJ
Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme introduced in April not only targets products granted launch premiums but also cuts into non-granted ones depending on the ratio of manufacturing cost disclosures. The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ) reiterated its…
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