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LDP League to Compile Final Proposal for SaMD Reimbursement This Spring
The Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) league of lawmakers will draw up its final proposal on the reimbursement of software as a medical device (SaMD) as early as this spring, after issuing an interim report in December. The league’s secretary-general Ayano…
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