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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FPMAJ Drug Pricing Affairs Chief Lashes Out at Proposed Out-of-Cycle Re-Pricing
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to push back the April 2017 sales tax hike helped the pharma industry avert an imminent threat. Yet, that decision further complicated problems surrounding drug price revisions. This was a view given by Yoshiaki Kamoya,…
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