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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GSK’s Pediatric Antibiotic Clavamox to Be Out of Stock on Demand Spike
GlaxoSmithKline said on May 24 that it plans to suspend shipments of its penicillin antibiotic containing a β-lactamase inhibitor Clavamox Combination Dry Syrup for Pediatric (amoxicillin + potassium clavulanate) in Japan due to a sharp rise in demand. The drug…
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