Japan
The European Commission and European Medicines Agency (EMA) have had confidentiality arrangements with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) since 2007, to allow the exchange of information between the parties as part of their regulatory and scientific processes. The European Union (EU) and Japan also have a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) in place on good manufacturing practice (GMP) compliance.
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