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Health Minister to “Positively Consider” Setting Biosimilars Use Target
Health Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki expressed his intention on October 13 to “positively consider” setting a government target for biosimilar use separate from the current 80% goal for generic rates set with the end of FY2020 deadline. “We’ve so far worked…
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