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Japan OTC Drug Market Falls for Third Straight Month in May: Intage
Japan’s over-the-counter drug market totaled 105.5 billion yen in May, down 0.7% from a year earlier, Intage Healthcare said on June 22. Sales of general cold remedies, cough and phlegm medicines, and Kakkonto herbal medicines declined, extending the market’s year-on-year…
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