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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Honebuto Draft Equivocal on Off-Year Price Cuts, but Focuses on FY2025 Revision
The Japanese government unveiled a draft version of this year’s Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform (honebuto) on June 11. The initial text contained equivocal wording on off-year drug price reductions, but it only mentions the FY2025…
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