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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Yasuhisa Shiozaki Tapped as New Health Minister
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed Yasuhisa Shiozaki as the new health minister in a Cabinet reshuffle on September 3. Mr Shiozaki, previously deputy policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, is known as a strong advocate of change at Japan’s…
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