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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Japan Reform Minister Calls for Roadmap to Eliminate “Switch Lags” in 3 Years
Taro Kono, Japanese minister in charge of administrative reform, on December 11 urged the government to lay out a roadmap for resolving what is called “switch lags,” or lags in Rx-to-OTC switches, within three years. “We’ve seen a ‘switch lag’…
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