Japan should fundamentally overhaul its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme while putting a hold on CEA-based price adjustments, a new ruling…
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EFPIA Japan Chief Frets Negative Market Growth amid Pressure on Drug Costs
Medium and long-term policies being weighed by the Japanese government to rein in drug spending would lead to negative growth in the country’s pharmaceutical market, EFPIA Japan Chairman Carsten Brunn warned on June 10. EFPIA Japan, formally the European Federation…
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