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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MHLW Orders Label Revisions for Four Pediatric Antibiotics
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has ordered label revisions for four active ingredients used in pediatric antibiotics containing a pivoxil group, requiring stronger precautions about severe hypoglycemia associated with hypocarnitinemia. The ministry instructed manufacturers to add new…
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