Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Ultomiris Caught by CEA Rule despite Intractable Disease Indication: Chuikyo
Japan’s key reimbursement policy panel on August 28 agreed to apply a cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) to Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ Ultomiris (ravulizumab) despite the drug being indicated only for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a state-designated intractable disease. Ultomiris, the US company’s Soliris (eculizumab)…
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