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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OTC Drug Federation Requests Ministry to Advance Prescription-to-OTC Switches
A federation of Japanese OTC drug manufacturing groups called for accelerating prescription-to-OTC switches in its letter submitted to the health minister on July 28. Claiming that reviews for prescription drug switches to OTC status should be sped up, the federation…
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