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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MHLW Official Introduces Patient ADR Reporting System
Kazuhiko Mori, director of the Evaluation and Licensing Division of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, introduced a patient adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting system on April 12. “It is becoming possible for…
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