LEXICON
No.48 February 28, 2011

In vitro diagnostics
体外診断用医薬品
In vivo diagnostics
体内診断用医薬品

In vitro diagnostics (体外診断用医薬品): Article 2-13 The Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL; 薬事法) defines in vitro diagnostics (体外診断用医薬品) as drugs intended to be exclusively used for the diagnosis of diseases that are not directly applied to the body of humans or...

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