The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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Patient-Initiated Mixed Care Used Only When Compassionate Access Can’t Be Applied: Minister
The so-called patient-initiated mixed care system advocated by the government will be a last resort that could be used only when the Japan version of compassionate use cannot be applied, Health Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki indicated at a parliamentary committee meeting…
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