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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Pfizer’s COVID-19 Shot Up for PAFSC Review Feb. 12, Kono Expects Govt to Secure Enough Doses for 1st-in-Line HCPs
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) said on February 8 that it will hold a key advisory session on February 12 to discuss whether to approve Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. The mRNA vaccine, BNT162b2, will be reviewed by the…
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