The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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DPP to Ruling Bloc: Quickly Scrap Off-Year Drug Price Revisions
In a tailwind for the pharmaceutical industry, an opposition party that could sway the policies of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s new minority government is stepping up its calls for the abolition of “off-year” drug pricing revisions. The Japanese government should…
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