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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J: What are the PMDA’s top priorities in the near term? TK: We currently have around 650 reviewers, but the number will increase with recruits after April this year. We are expecting to have 750 reviewers by 2013. We’ve made…
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