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Clinical Research Bill Set to Sail through Extra Diet with Opposition Backing
As the Diet convened a 66-day extraordinary session on September 26, the eyes of the pharmaceutical and healthcare circle are on a bill for the legal regulation of clinical research, which is now seen almost certain to be passed into…
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