A Japanese health ministry proposal to impose steeper price cuts on certain medicines deemed to carry poor cost-effectiveness profiles cleared…
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Chuikyo Discusses Hirudoid, Gx at 2nd Review Round for FY2018 Fee Schedule Revision
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, on January 26, held the second round of its final review for the FY2018 medical fee schedule revision in April. Members exchanged opinions over the…
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