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JMA Pres. Frets Proposed Introduction of Reference Pricing Rule
Yoshitake Yokokura, president of the Japan Medical Association (JMA), on October 15 expressed his apprehensions over a key finance ministry panel’s proposal to introduce a reference pricing rule for off-patent branded medicines. “Patients’ copayments will increase sharply,” Dr Yokokura said…
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