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AMED’s SCARDA Boots Up as Command Tower for Vaccine Development
The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) on March 22 launched a much-awaited pandemic preparedness unit dubbed SCARDA, which would spearhead strategic R&D for speedy vaccine development, with applications now being invited under its funding programs. The establishment…
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