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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Experts Support Plan to Seize Improperly Earned Revenue as in Diovan Case: HSC
A number of experts on June 7 threw their support behind a plan to create a system that would empower the government to take away revenues from drug makers if they were improperly earned, such as through misleading advertising prohibited…
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