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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AMED to Launch Portal Site to Promote Use of Biobanks as Part of Effort to Support Genomic Medicine
The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) will launch a portal site with information to support research in the field of genome medicine in April. Initially, AMED plans to post a list of domestic biobanks with information on…
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