Japan's national health insurance (NHI) system will include infertility treatments in its reimbursement coverage from 1 April 2022, in a policy move set to transform access and which looks set to lead to substantial growth in the market in the country.
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Japan's national health insurance scheme will reimburse infertility treatments from April 2022, in a bid to make the treatments more accessible to patients by effectively lowering the cost by 70%. The key strategic aim is to raise a low birth rate and the move is also set to substantially expand the market for such products for both domestic and foreign players.
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