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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MHLW Proposes Posting Reported Drug Supply Concerns on Its Website
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on November 20 laid out a proposal to more thoroughly require drug manufacturers to report their supply concerns and post the results on its website. The idea would be to integrate supply…
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