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’s (MHLW) Economic Affairs Division (EAD) is already reaching out to pharmaceutical wholesalers, dispensing pharmacies, and hospitals to gain their further cooperation in ethical drug distribution reform ahead of delivery price bargaining that starts…
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