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REGULATORY
Review of 14-Day Prescription Limit Up for Chuikyo Discussion Again
A working group of the government’s Regulatory Reform Promotion Council on April 17 agreed to bring a review of the 14-day prescription limit up for discussion again by a key health ministry reimbursement panel known as Chuikyo. Chuikyo had concluded…
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