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 Sets Out to Beef Up Inspector Skills with Nationwide Sharing of GMP Reports
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) will embark on a new initiative in FY2024 to share the results of GMP inspections conducted by prefectural authorities across Japan in an attempt to improve inspectors’ abilities to spot increasingly sophisticated…
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