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MHLW Calls for Lifting of Shipment Restrictions for 130 Generic API/Specifications after Survey Finds YOY Rise in Supplies
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) is calling on drug makers to lift their shipment restrictions by the end of this year for medicines deemed to be in sufficient supplies at least in terms of the volume of…
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