Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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MHLW Urges Drug Makers to Boost Manufacturing Control after Itraconazole Issue
After Kobayashi Kako’s antifungal agent itraconazole was found to have been tainted with the sleep inducer rilmazafone, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) issued a notification on December 11, urging drug makers to ramp up their manufacturing management…
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