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 Group Urges Ministers to Keep Coverage of Pain Relief Patches
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) parliamentary group focused on promoting Japan-made medical patches submitted a request to the finance and health ministers on May 30 calling for maintaining insurance coverage for transdermal pain relievers. According to Hiroaki Tabata, the…
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