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Japan Panel OKs Basic Policy for Stockpiling Crisis-Response Medicines
A health ministry panel has approved a basic policy for stockpiling medical countermeasures (MCMs), setting out the objectives, selection criteria, and prioritization framework for medicines to be purchased and stored for use in public health emergencies. The policy was endorsed…
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