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MSD Chief Wants Japan to Eliminate Disincentives Tied to Re-Pricing Rules as Keytruda Faces Repeated Cuts
With US Merck seeing its I/O behemoth Keytruda (pembrolizumab) hit by repeated price cuts in Japan, the company's country helmsman Kyle Tattle is urging the government to eliminate massive disincentives created by the current application of re-pricing rules that could…
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