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MHLW to Invite Candidate Products for “Sakigake” Designation System
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) will shortly invite candidate products that would be reviewed under what it calls the “sakigake” designation system to be launched in FY2015, which aims to accelerate the approval of innovative medicines originated…
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