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Japan Panel Backs Approval of 1st Nasal Flu Vaccine
Japan’s key health ministry advisory panel on February 27 gave the thumbs-up for approval of Daiichi Sankyo’s live attenuated nasal spray flu vaccine. An official nod, which would come as early as next month, will make it the first nasal…
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