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Japan's Cost Effectiveness Assessment Needs Change: EFPIA

CAR-Ts Under Early Scrutiny

 
• By Ian Haydock

European industry federation says first practical application of Japan’s cost effectiveness assessment system has highlighted a number of problems for both the scheme and its members, and calls for changes. 

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Industry Group Calls For Changes To Japan's Cost Effectiveness Scheme • Source: Alamy

In the wake of the first practical application of Japan’s cost effectiveness assessment (CEA) system to innovative drugs from some of its member companies, the Japanese arm of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has put forward a number of changes it believes would improve the scheme.

The Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo), an advisory body on drug pricing to the Ministry of Health, Labour and...

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