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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Chuikyo Begins Discussions on Patient-Initiated Mixed-Care System
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, the health ministry’s powerful advisory panel known as Chuikyo, started discussions on October 22 on a new system that would combine insured and uninsured treatments at patients’ request. Under the new system, unapproved drugs…
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