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Foreign Drug Makers’ Sales Dip on Generic Inroads in 2014
Combined sales of 11 major non-Japanese drug makers in Japan slipped 1.8% in 2014 compared to the previous year, resulting in lower profits, according to a Jiho tally. The decline, chiefly blamed on the NHI drug price revision implemented in…
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