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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Four Pharma Secondees Join AMED Drug Discovery Initiative
Four researchers seconded from pharmaceutical companies have joined the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) to help identify and support promising drug discovery projects under the AMED IND ENGINE (AND-E) initiative, AMED President Hitoshi Nakagama said on May…
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