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 Submits FY2021 Budget, Personnel Requests
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on September 30 submitted its budget request and personnel request for FY2021 beginning next April. The deadline for these requests is the end of August in typical years, but it has been…
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