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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Chuikyo Positive about Changing Rules to Set Sales Thresholds after Market Expansion Re-Pricing Applied
Members of a key reimbursement policy panel agreed on November 8 that some sort of revision needs to be made to the current rules to set annual sales thresholds for drugs that have already gone through price cuts under the…
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