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Medicago Successfully Produces COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
Medicago, a Canadian subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, said on March 12 that it has successfully produced a viable vaccine candidate for COVID-19 just 20 days after obtaining the gene of the novel coronavirus causing the disease. Medicago said that…
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