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PMDA Chief Kondo to Step Down after 11 Years in Charge
Tatsuya Kondo, chief executive of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) who has transformed the agency into the world’s top-level regulatory authority in his 11-year tenure, will bow out at the end of the month, Jiho learned. Dr Kondo…
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