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Chuikyo Urges Rethink of Health Coverage for Conditionally Approved Regenerative Medicines
Members of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) are calling for the revisiting of health coverage for conditionally approved regenerative medicines following two recent cases of products that ended up being pulled from the market. At a Chuikyo meeting…
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