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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Chuikyo Names Hosei Prof. Sugahara to Drug Pricing, CEA Panels
Japan’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on April 8 approved the appointment of Hosei University Professor Takuma Sugahara, a health economist, to its drug pricing subcommittee and cost-effectiveness assessment subcommittee. Sugahara, who joined Chuikyo as a public interest member…
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