Japan should fundamentally overhaul its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme while putting a hold on CEA-based price adjustments, a new ruling…
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MHLW Official Asks Industry to Discuss Candidates for Essential Medicines
An official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has asked the pharmaceutical industry to discuss candidate drugs that should be added to the scope of “essential medicines” eligible for a new price maintenance rule in the future.…
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