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Pfizer Seeks Japan Nod for Omicron-Adapted Bivalent Jab
Pfizer on August 8 filed an application seeking Japanese regulatory approval for its Omicron-adapted bivalent mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 being developed with BioNTech, the company said.The new jab is based on the ancestral strain of the novel coronavirus and the…
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