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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Official Hints at Potential Change to Growth Target in Draft Roadmap
A growth target for patented medicines included in the government’s planned public-private investment roadmap could be revised from the draft outlined in March, a senior Cabinet Office official suggested on June 10. Speaking at a Tokyo event, Hiroyuki Uchiyama, head…
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