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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Osaka Univ. Hospital to Lead Innovation to Discover Globally Competitive Drugs
Osaka University Hospital, which has been selected by Korosho as a “Base for Early-stage and Exploratory Clinical Research”, plans to conduct a broad range of studies including not only first-in-human trials but also a search for drug seeds in the…
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