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MHLW’s FY2015 Budget Request at Record 31.67 Trillion Yen, Includes 74.8 Billion Yen to Promote Commercialization of Innovative New Drugs

August 27, 2014
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced on August 26 that it will request an allocation of a record 31.67 trillion yen from the government’s general accounts budget for FY2015. The FY2015 budget request of 31,668.8 billion yen,…

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