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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LDP Pharma Study Group to Draw Up Resolution in May before Honebuto Paper
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) study group on pharma industry policies, which includes officials from more than a dozen drug makers as its members, will compile a resolution in May with an eye towards the government’s “honebuto” policy paper…
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