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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Transitional Pneumovax Program for Age 70 and Up Set to End in March
A health ministry panel agreed on December 1 to wind up a transitional measure related to the vaccination of MSD’s 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine Pneumovax in the elderly aged 70 and older at the end of this fiscal year through March,…
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