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MSD to Launch Silgard 9 on Feb. 24, but Mass Supply in Japan Unlikely Until 2023
MSD will introduce its nine-valent HPV vaccine Silgard 9 in Japan on February 24 after its approval last July, but the company expects the shot would not be routinely available until around 2023, according to a senior official. “At this…
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