Japan in Depth Japan's NIH falling into place

  The headquarters, which sets goals and strategies for medical research, has already picked seven fields, on which the government will concentrate its funding, such as cancer and regenerative medicine. Since its establishment, the headquarters has been solidifying its organization, for example, hav...

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Published inThe Japan News
Main Author By Kayo Kamimura and Kiyohiko Yoneyama
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun 16.09.2013
Subjects
Cancer
Prime ministers
R&D
Research & development
Technological change
Japan
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Summary:  The headquarters, which sets goals and strategies for medical research, has already picked seven fields, on which the government will concentrate its funding, such as cancer and regenerative medicine. Since its establishment, the headquarters has been solidifying its organization, for example, having informally appointed members of a experts' panel, which gives medical-related advice to the headquarters.