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MHLW’s FY2013 Budget Request Includes Funding to Set Up Municipal Generic Drug Promotion Councils

September 11, 2012
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) budget request for FY2013 includes funds to establish councils at the municipal level so that the parties involved can discuss measures to promote the use of generics at the local as well…

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