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MHLW Panel to Further Review Positioning of Susmed’s Insomnia App
A Japanese health ministry panel has broadly agreed to endorse a partial change to the existing approval for Susmed’s cognitive behavioral therapy app for insomnia, which has been filed by the Tokyo health tech firm in a bid to obtain…
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