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DPP Head, Industry Leaders United towards Stopping Off-Year Price Revisions

By Shinya Sato, Kohei Hori, and Mayu Narita November 29, 2024
Top pharma leaders and multiple lawmakers voiced their calls for scrapping “off-year” drug price revisions on November 28, including the head of the opposition Democratic Party of the People (DPP), who vowed to push the case alongside the party’s centerpiece…

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