Japan’s general trading houses are steadily becoming a force to be reckoned with in the pharmaceutical industry — and not…
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MHLW Issues Notification to Clarify Orphan Designation Criteria
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on January 16 issued a notification to revise and clarify the existing criteria for its orphan drug system with the aim of expanding eligible products and speeding up designations. The revision is…
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