The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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Combination of Insured and Uninsured Treatments to Be a Top Priority Topic in Discussions by Council for Regulatory Reform
The government’s Council for Regulatory Reform (chairman: Motoyuki Oka, senior advisor, Sumitomo Corporation) agreed at a meeting on July 26 to take up three themes including a “healthcare system that combines insured and uninsured treatments” (“mixed healthcare”) as top priority…
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