A Japanese health ministry proposal to impose steeper price cuts on certain medicines deemed to carry poor cost-effectiveness profiles cleared…
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Accession Requirements for ICH Assembly Hammered Out at Fukuoka Confab
The International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) agreed on the eligibility requirements for members of a newly set up ICH assembly at its meeting in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. At the meeting, held for six days through June 11, the ICH agreed…
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