3 price-band (bracket) grouping rule
３価格帯ルール

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) in April 2014 introduced a three price-band (bracket) grouping rule (3価格帯ルール; san kakakutai ru-ru ) to revise the NHI prices of generic drugs already on the market. The rollout came on the...

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