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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Govt Set to Amend Honebuto Draft over Inflation, MFN Language
The Japanese government is making final adjustments to this year’s “honebuto,” adding language on the role of inflation in the FY2027 off-year drug price revision and elevating a reference to the US most-favored-nation (MFN) policy from a footnote to the…
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