German Reimbursement Decisions Will Remain Officially Opaque In New Law
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Far from granting industry a greater say in German reimbursement decisions, amended laws appear to endorse their lack of transparency as a new system kicks in.
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