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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Lower House Clears Immunization Act Revision
Japan’s Lower House on June 30 passed a bill to revise the Immunization Act, which would pave the way for drugs shown to be as effective as vaccines in preventing infectious diseases to be used for immunization under the law.…
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