Japan is pressing ahead with broader drug price cuts under its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system, despite lingering questions over the…
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MHLW Proposes Tacking Premiums on Total Drug Price under Cost Calculation Formula: Chuikyo
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on November 22 proposed the application of premiums on the total drug price under the cost-based new drug pricing formula, instead of tacking them only on one of the coefficients used in…
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