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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MSD Japan Set to Supply 1.6 Million Courses of Lagevrio by September: President
MSD plans to ramp up the production capacity for its oral COVID-19 treatment Lagevrio (molnupiravir) as much as possible in order to achieve the supply of 1.6 million courses to Japan by September, local president Kyle Tattle said on January…
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