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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New Scheme on Switch OTC Gets Underway
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) launched a new panel on April 13 that would pick prescription drug candidates that should be switched to non-prescription status, marking the kickoff of a new switch OTC scheme amid doctors’ wariness…
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