Japan Pushing For Vaccine Advisory Committee To Address Drug Lag - PhRMA Symposium
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
TOKYO - The drug lag in Japan includes a substantial vaccine lag, which is amplified by the lack of a command center to draw up Japan's vaccination policies, plans and programs like U.S. FDA's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization. Now, an official from the Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare's Office of Vaccination Policy Reform suggests the agency adopt a similar committee