Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Cost-Effectiveness Challenge Remains in Adding Rotavirus Vaccine to Public Vaccination Programs: MHLW Panel
The introduction of rotavirus vaccines to Japan’s public vaccination programs will have a good risk-benefit profile, but a “challenge remains” from a cost-effectiveness standpoint, a health ministry panel has said, pointing out the need to reduce vaccination costs. A vaccine…
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