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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) on April 20 submitted a paper summarizing its views on the envisaged drug pricing overhaul to a non-partisan group of lawmakers on the healthcare industry, reiterating its case for the price maintenance…
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