LEXICON
No.31 December 6, 2010

Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council (PAFSC)
薬事・食品衛生審議会
Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council (CPAC)
中央薬事審議会
Pharmaceutical Affairs Council (PAC)
薬事分科会
Food Sanitation Council (FSC)
食品衛生分科会
First Committee on Drugs
医薬品第一部会
Second Committee on Drugs
医薬品第二部会
Committee on Non-prescription Drugs
一般用医薬品部会

The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council (PAFSC; 薬事・食品衛生審議会), formally the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council (CPAC; 中央薬事審議会), was created in January 2001 as part of a major ministry/agency reorganization. It is an advisory organization for the minister of health that...

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