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Ongoing Discussions without Chuikyo Deplorable: JPWA Head
Whether to conduct annual drug price revisions is a subject that should be thoroughly discussed by the Central Social Insurance Medical Council, better known as Chuikyo, and not something that should be hastily decided by four ministers, a wholesaling industry…
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