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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UN-Backed Agency, 7 Firms Ink Deals for Generic Supply of Shionogi’s COVID Pill to LMICs
Shionogi and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), a public health organization backed by the United Nations, said on June 26 that the MPP has struck sublicense deals with seven generic makers to manufacture generic versions of Shionogi’s oral COVID-19 med…
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