Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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ICER-Based Price Tweaks “Scientifically Difficult,” Impact on Cost Cuts Limited: Prof.
It is “scientifically difficult” to adjust prices for drugs based on their cost effectiveness measured by ICER (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio) values as they are yielded from a precarious patchwork of random data, Hiroyuki Sakamaki, professor at Tokyo University of Science,…
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