A total of 43 innovative new medicines are anticipated to be approved or listed in Japan this year, according to a survey by Jiho. At the center of attention are some highly innovative, but probably ultra-expensive, gene therapies, as well…
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CEA Use in Reimbursement Decisions Our Ultimate Goal: MOF Budget Examiner
Japan is to not use its new cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme for reimbursement decisions - at least for now - but this would give no respite for the industry as budget examiner Iichiro Yoshino says the Ministry of Finance’s (MOF)…
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