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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MHLW Intends to Improve Self-sufficiency Ratio in HBIG Preparation
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW; Korosho) plans to upgrade the structure for improving the domestic self-sufficiency ratio in human anti-HBs immunoglobulin (HBIG) preparation from FY2012. The budget request for FY2012 includes ¥12 million for the self-sufficiency ratio…
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