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Moderna Vaccine’s Minimum Age Lowered to 12 in Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on July 26 that it has revised the label of US partner Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to lower its minimum age to 12 from the previous 18. Takeda is responsible for the import and distribution of the jab…
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