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8 Year Biologic Data Protection in TPP Won’t Affect Japan: MHLW Official
A dozen members of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks effectively settled upon a data protection period of eight years for biologics, but this won’t have an impact on the current pharmaceutical environment in Japan, a senior health ministry official told…
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