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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Deregulation Panel Calls for Revisiting Plasma Export Restrictions, Wants Conclusion by FY2018
The government’s Regulatory Reform Council submitted a recommendation paper on May 19, calling for launching discussions in the current fiscal year to ease current restrictions on the exports of plasma products, saying that it wants a conclusion by FY2018. The…
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