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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Pricing Revamp for Off-Patent Brands “Within Our Expectation”: LTL Pharma CEO
LTL Pharma is confident about its business specializing in off-patent brand-name medicines despite the major pricing overhaul this April, which would cut sharply into the prices of these drugs called long-listed products (LLPs), President and CEO Jiro Mizukawa says. “We…
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