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 Health Minister Nagatsuma to Take Over as Chairman of Lower House Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) informally appointed former Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Akira Nagatsuma as chairman of the Lower House’s Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare for the next session of the Diet. Mr Nagatsuma will formally…
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