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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Ex-Bureaucrats, Academics Trade Barbs over Macroeconomic Indexing; Will MOF Allow Rise in Drug Cost?
If the ceiling of the total drug costs can be controlled, will Japanese financial authorities tolerate increases in pharmaceutical spending? A health ministry expert panel on October 27 saw a verbal skirmish among former bureaucrats and academics over the concept…
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