Japan is considering a new approach to its “special” market expansion re-pricing that would exclude drug sales tied to private…
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(Update) Similar “Treatment” Comparison Method Could Be Up for Discussion as New Pricing Scheme: Chuikyo
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a health ministry reimbursement panel better known as Chuikyo, might discuss the creation of a new pricing scheme to work out the NHI prices of innovative medicines, such as ones likely to be launched…
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