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Next Drug Distribution Confab Set for July 2 after Bid-Rigging Verdicts
The next meeting of the health ministry’s “Ryukaikon” council for the improvement of the drug distribution environment is scheduled for July 2, after the Tokyo District Court’s planned rulings for major wholesalers over their bid-rigging charges. The three of Big…
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