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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Fumi Yamamoto 1st Woman to Become MHLW’s Top Pharmacy Officer
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) will promote Fumi Yamamoto to councilor in charge of pharmaceuticals at the Health Minister’s Secretariat, effective January 1, making her the first women to assume the highest rank for officers with pharmacy-related…
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