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The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) places the highest priority on patient access in considering its position on any proposals, including the introduction of macroeconomic indexing for drug spending, the group’s Japan chair Takahiko Iwaya tells Jiho.…
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