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One-Time Blockbusters to Be Re-Priced at 2.5-Times Gx Price Average; Mevalotin, Takepron among the List
Once high-flying blockbusters will fall victim to a new so-called “G1/G2” re-pricing rule for off-patent brand-name drugs, with Mevalotin (pravastatin) and Takepron (lansoprazole) among the list of medicines to get new NHI prices at 2.5 times the average of their generic prices.…
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