Japan Unlikely To Relax Dispensing Limits On New Drugs
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
TOKYO - Even though Japan relaxed prescription drug-dispensing periods in 2002, it continues to limit dispensing for narcotics and for new drugs during the first year of launch - a regulation the U.S. believes is a barrier to trade that inconveniences patients and doctors
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