Japan’s drug pricing panel held its final round of industry hearings on December 10 as it heads toward the FY2026…
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CEFP Social Security Working Group Raises Questions on Price Maintenance Premium, Biosimilar Policy
The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy’s (CEFP) social security working group discussed issues surrounding drug pricing and distributions on April 11, with members casting questions over the current scheme of the so-called price-maintenance premium for on-patent drugs and stalling…
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