Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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FY2020 Drug Price Revision to Shed 110 Billion Yen in Central Govt Spending
Japanese health and finance ministers on December 17 agreed on a drug price revision rate of -0.99% for the FY2020 revision next April, which works out at a reduction of roughly 110 billion yen on a central government spending basis.…
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