REGULATORY

Japan's Global Health Confab to Prepare New Grand Design for Regulatory Harmonization in Asia

December 26, 2019

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The Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security plans to draft a new grand design to further promote regulatory harmonization in the fields of pharmaceuticals and medical devices in Asia after the middle of February next year, focusing on…

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