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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Japan OKs Dosage Change for Colchicine after Fatal High-Dose Cases
Japan’s health ministry approved a revision to the dosage and administration of Takata Pharmaceutical’s Colchicine Tablets 0.5 mg “Takata” (colchicine) on June 2, formally limiting the total daily dose for the relief of acute gout attacks to no more than…
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