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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Category A Priority Drugs Kept in Separate-Handling Clause under Distribution Guidelines
A health ministry panel has agreed to continue treating Category A medicines as products that should be handled separately from bundled price negotiations under Japan’s commercial guidelines for ethical drugs, even after the redefinition of “stable supply medicines” later this…
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