Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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44 Million Yen Allotted to Fuel Biologics Development: Health Policy Bureau’s FY2019 Budget
The FY2019 draft budget of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) Health Policy Bureau totals 219,018 million yen, an increase of 25,105 million yen compared to its initial budget for FY2018. This figure includes 44 million yen, 10…
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