New Graft Probes Cast Shadow Over China's Drug Pricing, Reimbursement Systems
'Constant Improvement' Needed
Executive Summary
While new legislation has pushed prescription drug pricing high up the political agenda for US lawmakers, the issue has also come into the spotlight again for Chinese regulators, which have just launched new investigations into two officials. While the two countries are taking drastically different routes to tackling pricing, the developments show compliance risks remain high in China.
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