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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Off-Year Debate “Won’t Progress” without Industry’s Behavioral Change: JMA Rep
A key healthcare provider member of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on September 25 pressed for the industry to provide a more detailed explanation on how pro-innovation policies rolled out in April have changed drug makers’ behaviors. “Unless…
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