The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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Pharma Industry Generally Welcomes New LDP Leader Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi’s victory in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on October 4 has been broadly welcomed by Japan’s pharmaceutical industry, which views her as a policymaker with a solid grasp of innovation and economic security issues. In her…
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