The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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HTAs Likely to Be Used for Re-Pricing of Listed Medicines
Members of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) representing bill payers and healthcare providers agreed on June 24 that cost-effective assessments will be rolled out on a trial basis in FY2016 as a tool to re-price selected drugs already…
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