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The Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency’s (PMDA) new mid-term plan from this April aims to reduce the number of drugs particularly for pediatric and orphan diseases that are approved in major countries but not in Japan, Chief Executive Yasuhiro Fujiwara…
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