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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Scrap Unfair Company Criteria for Price Maintenance Premium: Japan Trade Group
The government should abolish new company criteria introduced in April for the so-called price maintenance premium (PMP), which narrow down the scope of drug makers that can receive a full price maintenance, because they lack fairness and predictability, Japan’s biggest…
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