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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Toho to Thoroughly Implement Drug Distribution GL, Focus on Cost-Cutting in Response to Impact of Drug Pricing Reform: Pres.
Toho Pharmaceutical, the drug wholesale business arm of Toho Holdings, will make continued efforts to ensure that its employees understand and follow the drug distribution guidelines issued by the health ministry in January. “Since I assume the guidelines represent a…
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