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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Drug Makers Invited to Join in Intractable Disease Drug Discovery Research Using iPS Cells from This Fiscal Year
Starting this fiscal year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) will initiate the first five-year plan to promote the discovery of drugs for intractable diseases using induced…
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