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Chuikyo OKs Drug Pricing Reform Package; 30% Cap Set for “Category I” Companies Allowed to Maintain Full Prices
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, on December 20 approved an outline of the government’s drug pricing reform package, which gave shape to a basic reform policy hammered out by four…
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