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 Needs Transparent Debates amid Growing “No” to Off-Year Revisions
Japan approved its 39-trillion-yen economic stimulus package on November 22. It does not explicitly state that the drug price revision scheduled for FY2025 will be canceled, but its final text was revised from an earlier version to call for more…
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