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MHLW Proposes Setting Key Drugs as Category Separated from Bundled Trades
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on September 28 proposed revising its distribution guidelines to set drugs with high medical needs as a category of products that should be excluded from bundled transactions involving across-the-board discounts. The Guidelines…
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