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DPJ's Diet Members Adopt Opinion Paper Calling for Deregulating Online Sales of OTC Drugs

July 11, 2011
The League of Diet Members for Lifting the Ban on Remote Marketing of OTC Drugs (tentative) created by Diet members of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) adopted an opinion paper calling for a lifting of the ban on telemarketing…

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