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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Takeda Reinstates Request for Probe into Transfer Pricing Taxation
Takeda announced on November 4 that it will reinstate a request to the Osaka Regional Tax Bureau (ORTB) to investigate its product supply transactions of peptic ulcer treatment Prevacid (lansoprazole; brand name in Japan: Takepron), for which it had received…
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