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 to Seek “Candidate Drug Lists” for Patient-Initiated Mixed Care from Medical Societies
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to ask medical societies and national medical centers to compile lists of “candidate drugs” likely to be subject to a new government scheme that combines publicly insured and uninsured therapies at…
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