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After Settling on October 2019 Re-Pricing, When Will Govt Reveal New Drug Prices?
Now that the Japanese government has made up its mind to conduct an ad-hoc drug price revision associated with the planned consumption tax hike in October 2019, all eyes are turning to when it will announce the new price list,…
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