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Commodity Prices Are Rising, That’s Why Full Drug Re-Pricing Needed in 2023: MOF Official

By Tatsuya Otsuka October 25, 2022
The pharma industry is pressing for the rethink of the next “off-year” drug price revision scheduled for April 2023, citing their ordeal with soaring commodity and energy prices. But a senior Ministry of Finance (MOF) official says that is exactly…

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