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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Funding Disclosure Methods that Prohibit Printing Will Not Be Acceptable: MHLW Notifications on Clinical Research Law
With the Clinical Research Law set to take effect on April 1, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has issued a series of related notifications. Since the promulgation of the enforcement regulations for the law at the end…
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