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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PAFSC’s Second Committee on Drugs to Review Kyowa Kirin’s ATL Treatment on February 1
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW; Korosho) will hold a meeting of its Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council’s (PAFSC) Second Committee on Drugs on February 1 and review a new drug application for Kyowa Hakko Kirin’s mogamulizumab…
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