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Pharma Industry Prepares List of 68 Lawmakers to Support in Likely Snap Poll
As the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership race later this month makes a Lower House snap election a realistic scenario, the pharma industry has already started compiling a list of lawmakers to support in such poll, which could happen as…
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