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 to Set Prerequisites for Patients, Physicians to Optimize Innovative Drug Use: Pharma Bureau Chief
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to draw up guidelines that specify prerequisites for target patients and physicians for innovative drugs, a senior MHLW official says - giving shape to a government pledge made in June to…
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