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 Mulls Simplifying Drug Delisting Process to Help Ensure Stable Supplies
Japan’s health ministry is looking at ways to simplify the current process of withdrawing pharmaceutical products from the market and removing them from the NHI price list as part of its efforts to stabilize drug supplies. However, some experts are…
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