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 Official Urges Pref. Govts to Implement Thorough Inspection, Guidance for Drug Makers after Kobayashi Kako Fiasco
A senior health ministry official has called on prefectural governments to impose thorough inspections and guidance for drug makers through measures such as surprise inspections, in response to a sleep-inducer contamination of Kobayashi Kako’s antifungal drug itraconazole tablets. Mitsuaki Kamata, director…
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