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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26 Suspected Violations in Detailing Activities Reported in FY2021: MHLW
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) detected a total of 26 suspected violations in sales reps’ detailing activities for prescription medicines during a nine-month period of FY2021, according to a report on a monitoring project on ethical drug…
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