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 Enacts FY2022 Extra Budget, Reserves Nearly 4 Trillion Yen for COVID Response, Medical DX, Childcare
The second supplementary budget for the year through March 2023, which is to finance Japan’s new economic package, passed the parliament on December 2 with the House of Councilor’s blessing. Following the lower house’s clearance on November 29, the upper…
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