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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Price Gap between Long-Listed Products, Generics Should Be Retained: Mr Chikazawa of MHLW
A certain level of difference between the prices of long-listed products and those of their generics should be retained, Kazuhiko Chikazawa, new pharmaceutical management director of the Health Insurance Bureau’s Medical Economics Division, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare…
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