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MHLW Panel OKs Report on Clinical Trials, Calls for Model Project on FMV Cost Approach

By Sakura Kono June 13, 2025
A Japanese health ministry panel on June 12 broadly approved a draft report on the future directions for fueling clinical trials. It calls for the launch of a model project towards the introduction of “fair market value (FMV),” a concept…

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