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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September Price Settlement Rate at 73.5%; Low Figure Blamed on Pharmacy Chains
Wholesalers’ value-based price settlement rate for ethical drugs came in at 73.5% at the end of September, down from 78.1% two years earlier, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The figure, which fell far shy of the…
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