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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Government to Allocate 8,696 Million Yen in FY2014 Budget for Faster Drug Review, Pharma Business Revitalization
The Japanese government will allocate 8,696 million yen, out of the 95.88 trillion yen initial budget for FY2014, to the health ministry’s Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau in order to speed up the drug review process and revitalize pharma-related business.…
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