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FPMAJ Confirms Regulatory Compliance Actions Completed for All Generic Drug Discrepancies
The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ) said on July 1 that all necessary regulatory procedures have been completed for generic products flagged with manufacturing or testing discrepancies during last year’s industrywide self-inspections. The inspections stemmed from an…
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