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Supply of MSD’s Hep B Vaccine Heptavax Might Be Suspended as Early as October: MHLW
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) said April 8 that it has received a report that MSD might be unable to continue supplying its hepatitis B vaccine Heptavax in Japan, which is included in public vaccination programs, as…
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