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4 Eligibility Criteria Presented for Conditional Early Approval System

June 2, 2017

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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on June 1 presented four criteria that would make drugs eligible for a conditional early approval system, whose introduction was agreed upon by the regulator and pharmaceutical industry leaders earlier this year.…

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