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New JPMA Chief Renews Resolve for Drug Price Maintenance, Dynamic Policies
The Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) will continue to demand a more dynamic and balanced drug pricing system that would maintain the prices of patent-protected medicines while promoting prompt generic switches once after they go off-patent, the group’s new helmsman…
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