A total of 377Japanese hospitals nationwide will later this year join forces in an effort to halve the time needed to conduct clinical trials for cancer drugs.
The collaboration will include jointly conducting tests and standardizing procedures. The National Cancer Center will head the effort, supported by hospitals designated by the government as playing a key role in treating cancer patients.
Currently, clinical trials for cancer drugs typically take two to three years in Japan. Because of the long wait, Japanese patients are sometimes unable to get treatments already available overseas.
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