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Takeda Pairs with Novavax to Roll Out Coronavirus Vaccine in Japan, Wins 30 Billion Yen in Govt Funding
US biotech Novavax will license its technology to Takeda Pharmaceutical for the local production and commercialization of its investigational COVID-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373 in Japan, the two companies said on August 7. The Japanese juggernaut will receive a grant of up…
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