Leftover stocks of high-priced medicines are emerging as a serious headache for Japanese pharmacies, fueling financial stress and even bankruptcies…
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Chuikyo to Discuss Sharp Difference in NHI Prices of Identical Products Tenozet, Viread
At a general assembly of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on May 14, Kazuhiko Chikazawa, pharmaceutical management director of the Health Insurance Bureau’s Medical Economics Division, said that the Expert Subcommittee on NHI Drug Pricing Affairs will discuss…
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