Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Expert Panel Pushes Fresh Evaluation Approach for New Drug Pricing, Rethink of Spillovers: Draft Report
A health ministry expert panel on comprehensive pharmaceutical policies is expected to call for introducing a fresh evaluation method for the pricing of drugs with new modalities and revisiting the so-called “spillover” rule, according to a draft report obtained by…
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