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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Gist of FY2014 NHI Price Revision
I. Drug Pricing of Listed Products 1. Generic Drugs Listed generics will be sorted into the following three price ranges depending on the value obtained by the market price-based calculation below: New price = [weighted average wholesale price (market price…
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