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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MHLW Allots 300 Million Yen for Health Minister-Pushed Startup Consultations
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to boost spending on support for biotech startups in FY2017 at the behest of Health Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki, who believes such initiative would be a driving engine for the growth of…
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