A Japanese health ministry proposal to impose steeper price cuts on certain medicines deemed to carry poor cost-effectiveness profiles cleared…
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Chuikyo Rep Interview 3-1 - Rengo Seeks Patient-Centric Debate, Sees Exhausted Wholesalers as Big Issue
As debates for the FY2024 drug pricing reform get into full swing, this occasional interview series aims to illuminate the views of members of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo). Patient benefits should be the top priority for reform…
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