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Chuikyo OKs FY2023 Price Revision Outline Specifying “0.625 Times” Product Coverage Threshold
An all-important reimbursement policy panel on December 16 approved an outline of the FY2023 “off-year” drug price revision slated for next April. It calls for defining the product coverage with a price discrepancy threshold of “over 0.625 times” and taking…
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