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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Japan Still in Transition towards Comprehensive Genomic Profiling, Health Coverage Would Expand: Chugai Official
Comprehensive genomic profiling for cancer is still in its early days in Japan, and the current limited health coverage would expand in due course as such assays become more commonly used in clinical practices, an official of Chugai Pharmaceutical tells…
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