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NHI Price System that Would Undermine Wholesalers’ Stable Supply Ability Unacceptable: HIB Director-General
Takeshi Karasawa, director-general of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s Health Insurance Bureau, indicated on February 5 that frequent NHI price revisions that would damage stable drug supplies would be unacceptable. In an interview with Jiho, Mr Karasawa pointed…
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