Chuikyo Applies Medical Insurance To Regenerated Skin Product
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Japan's Central Social Medical Insurance Agency (Chuikyo) decided Dec. 17 to include JACE regenerated skin as a reimbursable item for medical insurance beginning in January 2009. Manufactured and marketed by Aichi-based regeneration medical company Japan Tissue Engineering, JACE is priced at ¥306,000 per 80 square meters. The product uses a patient's own skin and treats patients with high class (over 30 percent of body) burns. After reimbursement, patients will be able to get the treatment for a fraction of the price, which otherwise could be as much as ¥10 million per month. Since the product obtained MHLW approval last October, a discussion over safety issues had delayed the reimbursement decision until now. (Click here for more - Japanese language