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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Health Ministry Presents Proposal to Revise Priority Infectious Diseases
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has proposed revised definitions for the previously divided five groups of “priority infectious diseases,” along with an updated list of diseases that would be included in each category. Priority infectious diseases are…
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