A plan to advance the research of intractable diseases in Japan was revealed by Health Science Council’s Subcommittee For Intractable Disease Control And Prevention at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Nov. 15. The plan includes creation of a framework for new research fields that correspond to different levels of research such as diagnosis criteria and clinical policies, drug and treatment development, and genome analysis and epidemiological studies. In addition, the plan contains policies concerning assistance given for the development of orphan drugs and information on support for companies in an effort to promote intractable disease drug development. (Click Here For More – Japanese Language
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