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In a Flip-Flop, LDP Aims to Enact Clinical Research Bill in Current Diet Session
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has reversed its course, and now says it aims to enact a bill on the legal regulation of clinical research during the current ordinary session of the Diet, which will run through June 1.…
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