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Gist of FY2024 Drug Pricing Reform
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of the FY2024 drug pricing reform at a general assembly meeting on December 20. Here is the gist of the reform…
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