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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LDP Pharma Study Group Renews Call for Ditching Off-Year Revisions
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) study group on pharmaceutical policies reiterated its case against “off-year” drug price revisions and urged health and finance ministry bureaucrats to scrap the scheme in a meeting on December 2. At the meeting, the…
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