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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Orphan Designation to Be Expanded to Include Intractable Diseases Affecting More than 50,000 Patients
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced at a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s Pharmaceutical Affairs Council on December 18 that the criteria for designating orphan drugs will be revised in order to expand…
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