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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AMED to Assign Staff by Seed to Ensure End-to-End Support from FY2025
The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) plans to revamp its organization in FY2025 to shift to a system in which personnel are assigned to each drug seed subject to funding in a bid to support individual programs…
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