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Gist of FY2025 Drug Price Revision
The FY2025 NHI price revision will be implemented as follows based on the “basic policy for drastic drug pricing reform” (agreed upon by the then chief cabinet secretary, finance minister, health minister, and economic revitalization minister on December 20, 2016)…
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