Japan is pressing ahead with broader drug price cuts under its cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system, despite lingering questions over the…
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Japan Enacts FY2022 Extra Budget, Reserves Nearly 4 Trillion Yen for COVID Response, Medical DX, Childcare
The second supplementary budget for the year through March 2023, which is to finance Japan’s new economic package, passed the parliament on December 2 with the House of Councilor’s blessing. Following the lower house’s clearance on November 29, the upper…
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