Interest is growing in discussions by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) new expert panel on comprehensive pharmaceutical measures. At its meeting on September 22, major trade groups made their cases to push for a re-think of the…
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In 1980, I was 14 years old when Yoda uttered the famous words in The Empire Strikes Back: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” Yoda was right - the prize goes to the fighter who is in the…
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