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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Chuikyo Members Remain Divided over Timing of Comparator PMP Removal
Both payer and healthcare provider members of a key reimbursement policy council sees the need to expand a rule to deduct the price maintenance premium (PMP) from PMP-granted comparator drugs in new drug pricing, but they remained at odds over…
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