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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Add Rhabdomyolysis to Nexium Label: MHLW
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) issued a notification on February 16, calling for the revision of the package insert for the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) esomeprazole (brand name: Nexium) to add rhabdomyolysis as a clinically significant adverse…
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