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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PPTA President Airs Concern over Japanese Govt Intervention in Price Setting of Blood Products
The Japanese government should not intervene in the price setting of blood products by private companies, Jan M. Bult, president and CEO of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA), a global organization of blood preparation producers, said in a recent…
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