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Moderna Files BA.4/5-Tailored COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan
The Japan arm of Moderna said on October 5 that it has filed an application seeking Japanese regulatory approval for its bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine targeting the BA.4/BA.5 Omicron subvariants of the novel coronavirus. The new bivalent jab, mRNA-1273.222, is…
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