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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MHLW Says to Publish PAFSC Minutes for COVID-19 Vaccines in 3 Weeks, but Opposition Parties Unimpressed
For COVID-19 vaccines, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to publish meeting minutes in “around three weeks” after they are discussed by its key advisory panel, officials told lawmakers on November 9, but opposition parties were still…
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