Japan’s key reimbursement policy panel on December 25 approved an outline of the FY2025 drug price revision, finalizing plans to…
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CEFP Finalizes Govt Reform Timeline Urging FY2019 Debate on “Economic Evaluations” for Reimbursement Decisions
The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) on December 20 adopted the government’s updated economic and fiscal reform timeline, which calls on relevant panels to discuss in FY2019 the possible use of “economic evaluations” for making reimbursement decisions on…
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