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PMDA Announces 5 Themes for Trial of MID-NET Including Codeine, Denosumab
The trial operation of a large-scale medical information database, dubbed MID-NET, will be conducted in FY2017 for five themes, including, codeine and denosumab, the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) announced at a meeting of its committee on review and…
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