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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JPA Vice President Disagrees with Exclusion of OTC-Like Drugs from Insurance Coverage
Koichi Ishii, vice president of the Japan Pharmaceutical Association (JPA), said he disagrees with the exclusion of so-called OTC-like drugs, or ethical drugs with the same active pharmaceutical ingredients available as nonprescription medicines, from reimbursement under insurance programs. “Basically, the…
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