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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Astellas Ended Scholarship Donation to Clear Up Doubts on Inducing Prescriptions, No Major Issues Seen after 1 Year
Just over a year has passed since Astellas Pharma stopped providing “scholarship donations (shogaku-kifu)” to university hospitals and other institutions at the end of FY2019. Since FY2020, the company has donated funds for this purpose to the Japan Agency for…
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