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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MHLW Unveils Gx Pricing Plans, Wants to Rectify Distortion by Cutting Oral AG Price: Chuikyo
As it sets out a flurry of reform proposals on the pricing of new drugs and off-patent products, the government plans to keep intact the current rules for first generics and first biosimilars for now. However, price revision rules for…
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