In early September, Japan released its second package strategy for software as a medical device (SaMD), dubbed “DASH for SaMD 2”. With new measures added to its first edition compiled in 2020, the new strategy embraces “predictability” and “international expansion”…
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FPMAJ Sets Up New Taskforce to Promote Access to Japanese Drugs in Asia
The International Affairs committee of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ) has established a new taskforce for promoting initiatives to develop systems through which “Japan brand” drugs would be more easily provided to other countries in Asia.…
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