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MHLW Official Urges Proper IRB Selection under New GCP Rules
A Japanese health ministry official on June 11 stressed the importance of appropriate institutional review board (IRB) selection by pharmaceutical companies under forthcoming revisions to the country’s Good Clinical Practice (GCP) ordinance. Speaking at a briefing on the revised GCP…
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