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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Govt Health Promotion Taskforce Seeks 152.8 Billion Yen for AMED
A government taskforce for the promotion of health and medical strategies released its FY2017 budget request on August 31, which embraced 152.8 billion yen in funding for the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), up just 1.3 billion…
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