Japan OKs 1st Homemade COVID Jab, but No Supply Planned; Daiichi to Pursue XBB.1 Update

August 3, 2023
Japan approved Daiichi Sankyo’s Daichirona, its first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, for booster use on August 2. However, the company says it does not plan to supply this jab, which is based on the original coronavirus strain, and will instead...read more