The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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MHLW Announces Simplified New Process for Drug Delisting
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) issued a notification on August 7 announcing simplified new rules for removing ethical drugs from the NHI price list. The new process will be applied beginning with products for which supply discontinuation…
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