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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Chuikyo to Discuss “Price-Setting Including NHI Price Increases” Using Cost-Effective Assessments
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council’s (Chuikyo) subcommittee on cost-effective assessments agreed at a meeting on November 30 to discuss “price-setting that includes increases as well as decreases in the NHI prices of products after their launch” as a result…
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