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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Pharma Labor Group Logs Wage Hikes of around 4% at July-End
The Federation of Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry Workers’ Unions (Yakusho Rengo) said on August 21 that average wage hikes among its member unions stood at around 4% as of the end of July, coming in below levels seen over the…
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