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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MHLW Submits FY2021 Budget, Personnel Requests
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on September 30 submitted its budget request and personnel request for FY2021 beginning next April. The deadline for these requests is the end of August in typical years, but it has been…
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