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Japan Enacts Bill to Amend Regenerative Medicine Safety Act, Clinical Trial Act
Japan’s Diet passed into law a bill to amend the regenerative medicine safety act and the clinical trials act by a majority vote at an Upper House plenary session on June 7. The now-endorsed amendment of the regenerative medicine act…
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