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Univ. Says Data Leaks in SIGN Run Afoul of Personal Information Law, Newly Finds Bristol’s Misconduct

June 25, 2014
The University of Tokyo says that its staff members committed “gross negligence” that constitutes a violation of a Japanese law in allowing the leak of patient data in a clinical trial involving Tasigna (nilotinib), Novartis Pharma’s chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)…

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