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Chuikyo Agrees on Need to Look at More Examples to Craft Pricing Models for Cell & Gene Therapies
Members of a key reimbursement policy panel are positive about creating a new pricing model specific to what Japan defines as “regenerative medicine products," but they agreed on September 11 that they need to collect more examples of cell and…
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