Japan MHLW Quadruples Intractable Disease Budget, Adds Seven New Diseases
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
TOKYO - At a Feb. 10 meeting of its expert panel on orphan diseases held for the first time in more than six years, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare disclosed that it is planning to quadruple national budget outlays to ¥10 billion ($110 million) for the state's intractable disease research budget in fiscal 2009 and will designate seven new diseases qualifying for the project