A Japanese health ministry proposal to impose steeper price cuts on certain medicines deemed to carry poor cost-effectiveness profiles cleared…
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Single-Wholesaler Model Has No Merits for Hospitals: Hyogo Doctors Group
Frontline physicians are criticizing the growing trend of drug makers selecting only one wholesaler to distribute their products in Japan. This solo-distributor model offers no advantages whatsoever to medical facilities, only increasing supply concerns and operational hassles, they say. This…
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