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MHLW “Missing the Bigger Picture” in Measures to Eliminate Drug Lag: Prof. Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura’ of the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science (formerly director of the Cabinet Secretariat’s Office of Medical Innovation), discussed the elimination of the drug lag in a keynote address delivered at the 2012 Life Sciences Intellectual Property…
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