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 Panel Discusses Ways to Rationalize Ethical Narcotics Distribution
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on July 25 proposed the rationalization of ethical narcotics distribution as a topic of discussions for its key advisory panel. While ethical narcotics currently cannot be transferred across prefectures, a wholesaler representative…
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