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Japan to Beef Up Pharma Supply Chain through Economic Security Bill
The Japanese government intends to strengthen the supply chains for resources essential to public health through an economic security bill, which it plans to submit to the Diet in late February. Its growth strategy hammered out last year cites pharmaceuticals…
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