On July 17, Japan’s Cabinet adopted the 2020 Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform (honebuto). Its initial text suggested the government’s position to carry out its first off-year drug price revision next April as well as its…
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Reinstate “Active Recommendation” for HPV Vaccines: LDP Lawmakers’ League
The Japanese government should quickly reinstate what it calls an “active recommendation” for HPV vaccines, which has been withheld for as long as seven years now, a league of ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers campaigning for just that said…
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