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Both Payer, Doctor Members Want to Expand Comparator PMP Removal Rule, but Mixed on Timing: Chuikyo
Both payer and healthcare provider members of an all-important reimbursement policy panel on September 11 agreed on the need to expand a rule to deduct the price maintenance premium (PMP) from PMP-granted comparator drugs in new drug pricing. However, they…
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