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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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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