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LDP Weighs Clinical Development Infrastructure Utilizing Patient Registry
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is considering including a project to forge a clinical development platform using a patient registry in the government’s economic growth strategy to be updated in June. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW)…
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