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Pharma groups urge Japan’s MHLW to reform pricing policies

April 18, 2023

Pharma groups are calling on Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to reconsider its current drug pricing policies that include annual price cuts on innovative drugs.

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