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Include Single IRB Policy in GCP to Accelerate Trials: EFPIA Official
Japan should shift to single institutional review boards (IRBs) to more quickly and easily start up clinical trial sites for multi-center studies, which would ultimately help resolve the issue of drug lags and losses, an industry official said on February…
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