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Panel OKs 42.12 Million Yen Price Tag for Drug Makers’ MID-NET Use in PMS
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to charge 42.12 million yen for drug makers’ use of its large-scale medical information database, dubbed MID-NET, for their post marketing surveillance (PMS), it was revealed on July 19. The database…
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