As reported previously, Reed Maurer passed away on August 30 due to complications from pneumonia. He was approaching his 84th birthday.Reed has been a driver of the international pharma community in Japan like nobody else. Arriving over fifty years ago…
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MHLW Panels to Analyze Group-Based Data for Post-COVID-19 Vaccination Deaths
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) safety-related expert panels on May 26 agreed to conduct systematic analyses of group-based data on COVID-19 vaccine recipients amid an increasing number of death cases reported post-vaccination. According to the MHLW, 16…
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