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Use “Specified Clinical Research” Data for Drug Approval: Regulatory Science Society
The Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Science Society of Japan issued a proposal on March 22 calling for the use of data obtained from “specified clinical research (tokutei rinsho kenkyu),” defined in a bill currently under Diet deliberations, as part…
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