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3 Pharma Groups Push Chuikyo to Expand PMP Coverage, Scrap Company Criteria
Three major pharma trade groups of Japan, the US, and Europe on July 24 made their proposals towards Japan’s next drug pricing reform scheduled for April 2020, calling for reconsidering product and company criteria introduced in 2018 for the price…
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