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Shipments Curbed or Suspended for 25.9% of Drugs in January: FPMAJ
Shipments were restricted or suspended for as much as 25.9% of all ethical drugs in Japan in January, with the ratio unchanged from the prior month to remain at a high level, according to the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations…
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