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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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) is set to begin discussions on bettering its current orphan drug designation system, including the creation of an “ultra-orphan drug” scheme to expedite designation for medicines that treat extremely rare diseases—based possibly…
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