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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Industry Hews to “No” to Off-Year Plan, but Wants Special Steps If It Is to Happen: LDP Confab
The pharmaceutical industry on December 1 reiterated its opposition to next April’s “off-year” drug price revision, but stressed to lawmakers that special measures should be taken if the government is to push ahead with the plan. The industry renewed the…
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