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Chuikyo Backs Broader CEA Price Cuts This Year, Snubs Pharma Plea
A key reimbursement policy panel on September 30 backed plans to expand price cuts under Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) system by the end of 2026, rebuffing the pharmaceutical industry’s call for a freeze on CEA-based price adjustments. Under the expanded…
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