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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Yescarta to Join NHI Price List on April 21, Gets CEA-Tweak from Get-Go
Daiichi Sankyo’s CAR-T cell therapy Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) will be added to the NHI reimbursement list on April 21, with a price worked out based on Novartis’ first-in-class Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), which just came out of its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) with…
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