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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Policy Veterans’ Group Renews Call for Company-Proposed Pricing, Floats Support System for Biosimilars
An independent study group of policy veterans, known as Kusuri Mirai Juku, announced its ninth set of recommendations for Japan's drug pricing reform on November 13, reiterating its proposal to create a new company-proposed price-setting rule to better assess the…
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