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MHLW Panel Confirms Positive Cost-Benefit Profile, Efficacy for 9-Valent HPV Vaccine for NIP Inclusion
A Japanese health ministry panel on March 4 agreed that there is no problem with the inclusion of MSD’s nine-valent HPV vaccine Silgard 9 into the national immunization program (NIP) from the standpoint of cost-effectiveness and efficacy. The vaccine evaluation…
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