Drug makers face sweeping distribution overhaul

China launches a “Two-Invoice System” to simplify the drug distribution chain and reduce prices and corruption in the healthcare sector. The new policy may bring substantial compliance and business model challenges for pharmaceutical companies

17 minute readApril 06, 2017 at 05:32 AM
By
Katherine Jo
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Drug makers face sweeping distribution overhaul

The Chinese government has announced a new policy to fundamentally reduce marked-up prices and corruption in multi-tier distribution chains. The policy effectively requires, under most circumstances, at most only two

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