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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FPMAJ OKs Concession Plan on Key Premium; Bill Payers Stick to Opposition
The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ) will basically accept the health ministry’s compromise proposal to “institutionalize” the premium for new drug development, in lieu of the industry’s long-standing plea to introduce it permanently. The FPMAJ policy was…
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