The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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Gist of FY2025 Drug Price Revision
The FY2025 NHI price revision will be implemented as follows based on the “basic policy for drastic drug pricing reform” (agreed upon by the then chief cabinet secretary, finance minister, health minister, and economic revitalization minister on December 20, 2016)…
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