Health panel approves coverage for iPS cell-derived Parkinson’s disease treatment
An advisory panel to the health minister on Wednesday approved Sumitomo Pharma’s Parkinson’s disease treatment Amchepry, which costs…
Japan’s health ministry to allow clinics to add sleep disorders as their specialties
Hospitals and clinics offering sleep disorder treatments in Japan will soon be able to advertise this area of…
Japan moves to cover full cost of child delivery with public health insurance
A system to cover the total costs of child delivery through public health insurance was approved in a…
Japan to designate eight ingredients for list of drugs with abuse risk
The health ministry will designate eight drug ingredients as having abuse potential under the law in response to…
Health ministry panel agrees to raise medical fee caps, but with refined approach
A health ministry panel discussing medical fee limits for high-cost treatments has agreed to raise such caps from…