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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PhRMA Chief Presses Japan to Cut LLP Spending, Shift Funds towards Innovation
With Japan’s drug spending going too heavily towards off-patent branded medicines, it is time for the country to cut those costs and redirect the resources saved to better reward innovation, urges Vas Narasimhan, chair of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers…
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