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Pro-Industry Lawmakers, Govt Remain Widely Divided over Off-Year Plan
The pharma industry and its comrade healthcare clique of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are facing a stalemate in their efforts to stem the government’s push for the “off-year” drug price revision next April. While the industry bloc seeks…
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