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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Veklury’s Normal Distribution in Japan to Start from Oct. 18
Japan will start the regular distribution of Gilead Sciences’ COVID-19 treatment Veklury (remdesivir) from October 18, some two months after the drug joined the NHI price list, according to a health ministry notification dated September 28. Since its special emergency…
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