Japan’s drug wholesalers are facing mounting financial pressure as rising logistics and procurement costs deepen losses on product distribution, even…
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1st Generation Poultices “Just One Example” for Proposal to Scrap Health Coverage for OTC-Like Drugs: Shirakawa
Shuji Shirakawa, vice president of the National Federation of Health Insurance Societies (Kenporen), calls for reviewing the range of health coverage for so-called OTC-like drugs, or ethical drugs with the same active pharmaceutical ingredients available as nonprescription medicines. Mr Shirakawa…
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