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OTC Industry Group to Up Its Efforts to Reduce “Switch Lag”
The Japan Self-Medication Industry (JSMI) will enhance its initiative to reduce the “switch lag,” the difference in the time it takes for ethical drugs to be switched to OTC drugs between overseas countries and Japan. Since many drugs such as…
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