The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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Japan Govt Council Discusses Draft Recommendations for National MCM Strategy
Japan’s government council on infectious diseases on December 8 discussed a draft set of recommendations toward a national strategy on medical countermeasures (MCMs), calling for expanded “push” and “pull” incentives to strengthen the industries involved in developing and manufacturing emergency-use…
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