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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Gilead Asks Pharmacists to Open Harvoni Bottles in Front of Patients after Fake Drug Found
Gilead Sciences is asking pharmacists who dispense its hepatitis C tablet med Harvoni (ledipasvir + sofosbuvir) to open the drug’s bottles in front of patients to check the contents after its counterfeit versions were discovered at a pharmacy chain in…
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