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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Ishin Proposes Adding Drug, Device Makers to Chuikyo, LDP Wary
Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin) lawmakers have proposed adding pharmaceutical and medical device industry representatives to the country’s top reimbursement advisory body, but the idea was met with reservations from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The proposal was raised on…
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