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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MHLW Shuffles Senior Bureaucrats, Ihara Tapped as Vice Health Minister
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has unveiled a reshuffled roster of senior officials effective July 5, naming Kazuhito Ihara, director-general of the Health Insurance Bureau, as new vice health minister, the highest-ranking bureaucratic role at the ministry.…
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