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LDP League Seeks Drug Pricing Revamp to Support Patches
A Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers’ league promoting Japan’s topical patch industry has broadly agreed on a set of proposals calling for stronger price support for topical analgesics and a review of the impact of a new patient charge system…
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