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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MOF Panel Urges Annual Price Revisions on All Drugs in 2025 Budget Proposal
Japan’s Fiscal System Council on November 29 submitted its recommendation for the FY2025 budget formulation to the finance minister, calling for annual drug price revisions to cover all pharmaceutical products on the NHI price list as a basic rule. In…
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