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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Think Tanks Propose New Pricing Methods for Innovative Meds, Multi-Faceted Evaluations
Three independent organizations including think tanks proposed new drug pricing methods to appropriately evaluate innovation at a health ministry panel hearing on October 27, with one representative stressing the need to break the impasse in deliberations to create a system…
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