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Chuikyo OKs Outline of FY2025 Off-Year Drug Price Revision
Japan’s key reimbursement policy panel on December 25 approved an outline of the FY2025 drug price revision, finalizing plans to set category-based product coverage and apply deferred price cuts for the price maintenance premium (PMP) for the first time in…
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