The Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) agreed on September 30 that the reimbursement price of JCR Pharmaceuticals’ recently approved cell-based therapy will be set by the Drug Pricing Organization as the product has characteristics close to those of pharmaceuticals.…
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