Japan plans to revise its definition of “vaccines of high development priority.” The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW)…
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Kamoya Prods Regulatory Science Society to Compile Essential Drug List
Yoshiaki Kamoya, drug pricing affairs chief at the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ), on March 15 called on the Society for Regulatory Science of Medical Products to compile a Japanese version of essential drug lists. In April,…
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