Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Japan to Basically Drop Japanese PI Requirement before Global Clinical Trials
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) plans to no longer require the implementation of additional PI clinical studies in Japanese subjects prior to later-stage multinational trials as a general rule. The regulator hopes this will help prevent lags…
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