Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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BCG’s Takeda Questions Conditional Pricing for Regenerative Medicines
Toshihiko Takeda, senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group, has raised concerns over Japan’s revised pricing rules for conditionally approved regenerative medicine products, arguing that initial prices set lower are unlikely to be revised upward later. Speaking at a media briefing…
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