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Chuikyo Pushes Up-to-5-Band Plan to Address Unreasonable Generic Price Rises, Prods Industry Reorganization
Members of a key reimbursement policy panel on December 6 continued to push for the creation of separate generic price bands for both middle and lower bands under the current three price-band grouping rule as a way to address unreasonable…
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