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Draft Honebuto Policy OK’ed by CEFP, Says Distinguish “Me Too” Drugs from Pioneering Meds
A draft of this year’s Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform, dubbed honebuto, was given the nod by the government’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) on June 2, drawing a spate of opinions from panel…
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