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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Shipments of Kaketsuken’s Hep B Vaccine Likely to Resume Early Next Year
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) is expected to allow the shipment of the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute’s (Kaketsuken) hepatitis B vaccine Bimmugen in early next year to avert supply shortages. The possible plan was suggested on December 17…
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