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Sept. Drug Price Settlement Rate at 92.6% as Big Hospitals, Pharmacies Take Quantum Leap
A health ministry survey found that pharmaceutical wholesalers had agreed on delivery drug prices with customer healthcare providers for 92.6% of their transactions as of the end of September, six months after the FY2014 NHI price revision, Jiho has learned.…
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