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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Tetsunari Kihira Appointed as Pharmaceutical Management Director
Tetsunari Kihira, director of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency’s (PMDA) Office of Vaccines and Blood Products, will be appointed as pharmaceutical management director at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW), a key post responsible for drug pricing reforms. Mr Kihira…
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