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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Japanese Pharma-Cosmetic Union Breaks from UA Zensen, Set to Join Rengo
The Japanese Federation of Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry Workers’ Unions has formally withdrawn from the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service, and General Workers’ Unions (UA Zensen), resolving a long-running organizational dispute. UA Zensen approved...
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