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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FPMAJ Urges Blanket Drug Price Hikes to Offset Inflation: FY2026 Reform Talks
Major pharma trade groups on September 17 renewed their calls for bold measures to tackle inflation in the FY2026 drug pricing reform, with the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ) urging across-the-board price hikes to at least cover…
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