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CMRs Exceed 3000, Rapidly Increasing in Specialty Care: JCSOA
The Japan Contract Sales Organization Association (JCSOA) on April 4 announced the results from a survey indicating that for the first time, the number of contract medical representatives (CMRs) at its nine member companies exceeded 3,000, achieving 5% of the…
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