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Hiroyasu Onishi The ongoing discussions on the proposed drug pricing overhaul appear surprisingly lukewarm. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) opened up discussions by the Central Social Insurance Medical Council’s (Chuikyo) drug pricing subcommittee early this year, but…
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