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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MHLW Vows to Redouble Efforts to Prevent Future Information Leaks
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) pledged to boost its efforts to thwart a breach of confidentiality at an opposition hearing on September 9 after it was revealed that its senior bureaucrat had leaked a draft clinical research…
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