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Panel Snubs Outline of Guidelines for Supply Info Reporting, Production Requests Due to Lack of Explanations
Japan’s health ministry presented an outline of guidelines for the amendment of the Infectious Diseases Control Act and Medical Care Act next April to a panel of experts on December 11. The guidelines are for the framework that will allow…
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