The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on November 29 proposed a more stringent application of the current 40% entry price rule for first oral generics towards the FY2024 drug pricing reform.Under the current rule, first oral generics are…
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Some 400 General Employees Likely Leaving Bayer under Redundancy Program
Roughly 400 rank-and-file employees of Bayer Yakuhin are expected to leave the company at the end of October under its early retirement program (ERP), it has been learned. A sales rep who failed to get the lucrative package offered under…
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