REGULATORY
Japan to Obligate Single IRB in Multi-Center Clinical Trials That Use Competitive Funds
The Japanese Cabinet on June 21 gave its approval to the annual implementation plan for regulatory reform, in which it called for making the use of a single institutional review board (IRB) mandatory in publicly funded joint drug research. The…
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