Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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BCG’s Efficacy in COVID-19 Not Yet Confirmed: Japan Vaccine Society
As there have been reports circulating around that a century-old tuberculosis vaccine, known as BCG, might be effective against COVID-19, the Japanese Society for Vaccinology issued a statement on April 3 articulating its position that such hypothesis has not been…
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