The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to discuss in FY2018 the possible addition of Shionogi’s novel single-dose influenza drug Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) and Sawai Pharmaceutical’s Tamiflu (oseltamivir) generics to its stockpile list of anti-flu medicines. At the…
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