REGULATORY

Experts Say ICER Deduction Unscientific, MHLW Proposes Different Thresholds for Cancer and Orphan Drugs

November 8, 2018

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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) is pondering ways to reflect ethical and societal factors surrounding cancer and orphan drugs to their price adjustments under its envisaged full-scale cost-effective assessment (CEA) scheme, proposing the introduction of different…

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Japan is finally launching technical discussions on its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system. A health ministry-funded research group is set to…

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In the complex landscape of the Japanese pharmaceutical market, the “status quo” is often the safest harbor. But for leaders like Kennet Brysting, former president of Gilead Japan, the status quo is the most dangerous place to stay.Innovation in Japan…