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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Boxed Warning Erased for Pfizer Smoking Cessation Aid Champix
Pfizer Japan said on July 7 that it has deleted a boxed warning on neuropsychiatric risks cited in the label of the smoking cessation aid Champix (varenicline) after its request for the deletion was approved by a health ministry panel…
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