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We Must Redouble Efforts for Proper Drug Distribution, Pharmacist Group Says on Fake Harvoni Issue
Pharmacies and pharmacists must redouble their efforts to ensure proper drug distributions after counterfeit versions of the hepatitis C drug Harvoni (ledipasvir + sofosbuvir) were discovered in Japan, the Japan Pharmaceutical Association (JPA) said in a statement on January 18.…
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