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COVID-19 Booster Study Shows Efficacy: Daiichi Sankyo
Daiichi Sankyo said on May 26 that its investigational mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 (DS-5670) demonstrated efficacy in a domestic booster dose trial. The results of this first dose-finding part in the Japan PI/II/III clinical study showed that the booster effect…
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