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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Wakamoto: Sales Up 2.1% Resulting in Smaller Losses
Wakamoto Pharmaceutical posted sales of ¥4,737 million, up 2.1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, driven by good sales of a latanoprost ophthalmic solution and the ophthalmic surgery adjuvant MaQaid Intravitreal Injection (triamcinolone). Losses decreased with operating…
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