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 to Buy 20 Million Doses of Pfizer COVID Jab, 5 Million from Moderna
The Japanese government said on July 28 that it has agreed to purchase an additional 20 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and a further 5 million shots from Moderna as it preps for inoculations starting this fall. The latest…
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