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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Shionogi’s COVID Pill Effective for Non-Omicron Variants Too: President
Shionogi’s oral COVID-19 drug ensitrelvir is expected to be effective not only for the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus but also for other kinds of strains that might emerge in the future, President Isao Teshirogi said. The remark was…
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