A Japanese health ministry proposal to impose steeper price cuts on certain medicines deemed to carry poor cost-effectiveness profiles cleared…
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CEA Review Group Debates Draft Report, Eyes August 18 Wrap-Up
A health ministry-funded research group conducting technical reviews of Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system discussed a draft of its final report on August 4, with the document expected to be finalized at its next meeting on August 18. The group…
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