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Shipments Restricted or Halted for 26.6% of Drugs in February: FPMAJ
As much as 26.6% of all ethical drugs in Japan saw their shipments either restricted or suspended in February, with the figure worsening from the prior month, according to the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ). The rate…
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