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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LDP Lawmakers to Launch Group to Reinstate HPV Vaccine Recommendation
Some lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will form a new study group aimed at discussing ways to reinstate an “active recommendation” for HPV vaccines that has been withheld for more than six years. The group will be…
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