A Japanese health ministry proposal to impose steeper price cuts on certain medicines deemed to carry poor cost-effectiveness profiles cleared…
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Govt to Deliver 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for 3.7 Million HCPs in April: Minister
The Japanese government plans to deliver enough COVID-19 vaccine vials to municipal authorities by the end of April to give the first doses to some 3.7 million healthcare professionals, vaccination campaign minister Taro Kono said on February 26. “We are…
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