LEXICON
No.45 February 14, 2011

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA)
医薬品医療機器総合機構

The Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA; 医薬品医療機器総合機構) was created on April 1, 2004 as a result of the merger of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Evaluation Center (PMDEC; 医薬品・医療機器審査センター) of the National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS; 国立医薬品食品衛生研究所), the...

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