The health ministry’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council, better known as Chuikyo, on December 14 approved Japan Tobacco’s anti-HIV drug Descovy (emtricitabine + tenofovir alafenamide fumarate) for NHI reimbursement price listing on December 21. The drug’s low-dose and high-dose versions,…
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