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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Nipro to Temporarily Halt Some Cefazolin Supplies, Competitors Respond with Shipment Curbs
Nipro said on July 29 that it will temporarily suspend the supply of some of its cefazolin products, forcing other companies marketing the key antibiotic to impose shipment restrictions as they caution against a spike in substitute demand. In a…
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