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 Extends Shelf Life of Stockpiled Xofluza to 9 Years
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has extended the shelf life of government-stockpiled supplies of the influenza antiviral Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) to nine years. In an administrative notice dated September 7, the ministry said 20-mg tablets stockpiled by…
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