Ministry Devises Policy To Improve Information-gathering On Immunization Side Effects
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, together with the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Tokyo) and the Pharmaceuticals and Medicals Devices Agency, has decided on a policy to strengthen information gathering regarding side effects such as shock, paralysis, and fever occurring after vaccinations, and will devise a centrally managed database next year to store the information.