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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LDP Lawmakers Urge Generic Industry to Ramp Up Production
Members of a league of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers on generic medicines on February 27 nudged the generic industry to accelerate its efforts to boost production in order to resolve the lingering drug supply instabilities in Japan. These calls…
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