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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GHIT Fund to Invest 1.1 Billion Yen in Development of Neglected Disease Drugs
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) said on October 5 that it will invest a total of 1.14 billion yen in the development of innovative antimalarial treatments and other agents. The investments will go to a total of…
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