LEXICON
No.105 March 12, 2012

Drug marketing license (authorization) holder; drug marketer
医薬品製造販売業者
First-class drug marketing license (authorization) holder; first-class drug marketer
第1種医薬品製造販売業者
Second-class drug marketing license (authorization) holder; second-class drug marketer
第2種医薬品製造販売業者

The Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL;薬事法) which went into effect in April 2005 separated drug manufacturing (製造) from marketing (製造販売), allowing companies without their own manufacturing facilities (製造設備) to market drugs manufactured by other companies (manufacturing license holders;製造業者). Drug marketing license...

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