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(Update) 3 Pharma Groups Push for Price Maintenance during Patent Term: Chuikyo Hearing
Three major pharma trade groups of Japan, the US, and Europe all pressed for a scheme to keep NHI drug prices for the duration of the patent term at a hearing of a key drug pricing panel on May 17…
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