Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Chuikyo Payer Reps Wary of Revising Foreign Price Adjustment Rule for Govt-Requested Drugs
Members of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) representing medical bill payers on October 14 expressed their wariness about a proposal to revise a foreign price-based adjustment rule, one of the price-setting modules for new drugs, so that medicines…
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