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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DPP Vows to Scrap Off-Year Drug Price Revisions in Election Platform
Japan’s Democratic Party for the People (DPP) on January 22 released its policy platform for the upcoming Lower House election, explicitly pledging to abolish “off-year” drug price revisions as part of its overarching pharmaceutical policy stance. The platform — which…
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