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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Japanese Pricing Rules Don’t Fully Capture Value of New Modalities, “No” to CEA Expansion: Janssen Exec
While Japan has a well-structured pharmaceutical pricing system, it has been unable to fully recognize the value of new therapeutic modalities, resulting in drug lags and losses as its NHI prices do not match up to the levels of overseas…
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