Japan’s health ministry approved a slew of new medicines on September 25 including multiple “first of its kind” products, among them being GlaxoSmithKline’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy as well as Eisai’s Alzheimer’s therapy Leqembi (lecanemab).Arexvy became the first…
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Japan to Reinstate HPV Vaccine Recommendation after 8 Years in Limbo
The Japanese government is set to reinstate what it calls an “active recommendation” for HPV vaccines some eight and a half years after its withdrawal, now that health ministry panels have concluded that it is appropriate to end the suspension.…
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