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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Labor Group Urges Govt to Scrap FY2027 Off-Year Drug Price Cuts
The Healthcare Industry Platform, a coalition of labor unions, has urged Japan’s health ministry to scrap market-price-based drug price cuts under the FY2027 off-year NHI price revision following the release of the government’s draft annual “honebuto” policy. The group submitted…
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