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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PAFSC First Committee Recommends Approval for Japan’s First FD Treatment Acofide
The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s (PAFSC) First Committee on Drugs, an advisory organ of the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, on February 7 recommended approval of five products including Japan’s first functional dyspepsia (FD) treatment Acofide Tablets…
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