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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Japan Ends Supply of AstraZeneca’s COVID Jab, 13.5 Million Doses Discarded
Japan is ending the distribution of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria as all doses supplied by the UK drug maker have now reached their expiration dates, the health ministry said on September 30. In December 2020, the Japanese government inked an…
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