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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“Huge Seller” Re-Pricing to Hit Sovaldi, 3 Other Brands; Hefty 20 APIs Face Regular Market Expansion Re-Pricing
As widely expected by the industry, a new special re-pricing rule for fast-growing blockbusters will be applied to Gilead Sciences’s hepatitis C antiviral Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) in April, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) revealed on January 20. A…
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