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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Mid-sized Foreign Drug Makers Eying Full-scale Entry into Japanese Market Encouraged by Favorable Changes in Market Environment; Marketing Systems May Be Key to Success
A number of mid-sized foreign-affiliated drug makers and drug discovery ventures that do business globally have been announcing plans to enter the Japanese market in earnest. Top officials of Gilead Sciences of the US and its Japanese subsidiary held a…
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