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Japan to Set New Technical Fee for CureApp’s Quit Smoking App
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to set up a new technical fee for Tokyo-based health tech CureApp’s smoking cessation app, the first therapeutic app approved in Japan, it has been learned. The product is expected to…
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