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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Former Employee of Regional Wholesaler Sanki Charged with Illegal Drug Sales
Employees of regional drug wholesalers have been involved in a series of recent scandals involving the illegal sale of ethical drugs. A former employee of Sanki Corporation, a Hiroshima-based drug wholesaler with business throughout the Chugoku region, was arrested and…
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