Japan should fundamentally overhaul its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme while putting a hold on CEA-based price adjustments, a new ruling…
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Opdivo Up for Yet Another Re-Pricing after CEA Confirmatory Analysis, but New Price Undisclosed
Ono Pharmaceutical’s PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) will go through yet another re-pricing after regulators performed confirmatory analyses on the results of its pilot cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) program. However, its new NHI price and the effective date will not be disclosed…
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