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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LDP OKs Govt’s 5-Year Healthcare Strategy with “Expanding Ecosystems” as Main Pillar
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on January 31 broadly approved the government’s new five-year healthcare strategy beginning this April, which would place the expansion of the pharmaceutical ecosystem as one of the centerpiece initiatives. The strategy is a cross-ministerial plan…
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