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MHLW Urges Wholesalers to Strictly Enforce Legal Compliance after Bid-Rigging Ruling
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has called on wholesalers to thoroughly comply with laws, on the heels of a guilty court verdict against major drug wholesalers over bid-rigging involving drug purchases by the a state-backed hospital organization.…
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