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Generic APIs at Crossroads - 2: Traders’ Group Urges Simpler Regulatory Procedures to Facilitate API Substitution
Ichiro Fujikawa, chairman of the Japan Pharmaceutical Traders’ Association (JPTA), an organization of importers of APIs and intermediates, calls on the government to simplify regulatory procedures to make it easier for companies to switch to substitute APIs if the COVID-19…
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