REGULATORY
Japan Set to Push Central IRBs for Clinical Trials, Avoid Customary All-Case PMS
A Japanese health ministry study group focused on pharmaceutical regulations on March 21 agreed on a policy to encourage the use of central institutional review boards (IRBs) in a bid to boost the efficiency of clinical trials in Japan. The…
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