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Drug Wholesalers’ Inventory Margins Likely to Diminish for FY2016 Price Revision

March 1, 2016
Japanese drug wholesalers are expected to reap lower margins from their transactions in March 2016 compared to typical years in March before biennial drug price revisions, as many pharmaceutical makers plan to delay the application of new invoice prices until…

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