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 to Take Strict Action on Bayer after Xarelto Survey Probe
Health Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki said on July 18 that his ministry will “take strict action” on Bayer Yakuhin after thoroughly reviewing a third-party investigation report on a scandal involving patient surveys related to the company’s major anticoagulant Xarelto (rivaroxaban). “The…
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