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MHLW to Up Ante on Drug Distribution, Launch Panel on March 29: Minister
Health Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki said on March 14 that his ministry plans to set up a panel that would discuss ways to tighten regulations on ethical drug distributions in Japan in the wake of the counterfeit Harvoni (ledipasvir + sofosbuvir)…
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