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Penalty for Lengthy Drug Price Haggling – Interview 3: JMA Exec Suzuki Calls for Cooperation to Defend Universal Healthcare
Japan’s health ministry will bring in a new rule in April that will penalize hospitals and insurance pharmacies with low drug price settlement rates with wholesalers by axing medical fees they receive by up to 26%. For Part 3 and…
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