Japan approved its 39-trillion-yen economic stimulus package on November 22. It does not explicitly state that the drug price revision…
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KM Biologics to File COVID Jab in Japan Spring 2023: Official
KM Biologics plans to file its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine KD-414 in Japan in the April-June quarter of 2023, a company official revealed at an academic symposium on November 27. KD-414 is currently being investigated in a PIII study in Japan…
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