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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JMA Vice Pres. Nakagawa Urges Pharmacies to Rigidly Check Medical Exam History of Epadel OTC Buyers
With two switch OTC versions of the hyperlipidemia treatment Epadel (ethyl icosapentate) approved in December last year as Japan’s first switch OTC drugs for a lifestyle disease, self-check sheets, which will be filled out by buyers upon the purchase of…
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