Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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MHLW Calls for 50% Pricing Rule for First Generics, 40% Rule for 10-Plus Oral Generics
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) proposed basically pricing first generics at half the price of their brand-name originators at a meeting of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council’s (Chuikyo) drug pricing subcommittee on December 2. Members representing…
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