The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…
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Experts Urge MHLW to Present Detailed Data on Generic Manufacturing Costs
Academic experts on the health ministry’s panel on comprehensive pharmaceutical measures on October 12 leaned on the regulator to provide additional documents on generic manufacturing costs so as to take a closer look into the data that have been presented…
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