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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MHLW Vaccine Panel Advances Mumps, RSV, HPV Discussions
A Japanese health ministry panel on July 22 discussed the potential routine use of the MMR vaccine Mimrit, agreed to add information on RSV antibody Enflonsia (clesrovimab) to the existing RSV prevention fact sheet, and continued deliberations on male HPV…
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