The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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AstraZeneca to Supply 120 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Japan
Japan has reached a basic agreement with AstraZeneca to receive a supply of 120 million doses of AZD1222, the UK giant’s novel coronavirus vaccine being codeveloped with the University of Oxford, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on August 7. The…
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