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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Premium for Sakigake Products Clears Chuikyo Subcommittee
A draft outline of the FY2016 drug pricing reform endorsed by the Central Social Insurance Medical Council’s (Chuikyo) drug pricing subcommittee on December 16 embraced the introduction of a pricing premium for products designated under the sakigake fast-track review system.…
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