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The Japan Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to impose surcharges totaling 600 million yen on five wholesalers over their alleged bid-rigging involving drug purchases made in Kyushu by a state-backed hospital system, Japanese media outlets reported. The FTC confirmed…
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