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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Chuikyo Discusses ICER Evaluations for Drugs with Multiple Indications
A health ministry panel on August 22 discussed how drugs’ cost effectiveness should be assessed with the ICER (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio) under an envisaged full-scale CEA scheme when they carry multiple indications that yield multiple ICER values. The handling…
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