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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Chuikyo Calls for Combining Multiple Steps to Curb Spend for Potential Super Big Sellers Like Aducanumab, No Objection to Listing
Both payer and healthcare provider members of Japan’s key drug pricing panel on November 5 called for controlling spending of potentially super-big-seller medicines that might rake in annual revenue of hundreds of billions of yen by combining and even tightening…
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