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Meiji/KM’s XBB.1.5-Tailored COVID Jab to Enter Pediatric PIII Study
Meiji Holdings said on October 16 that its subsidiaries Meiji Seika Pharma and KM Biologics have submitted a clinical trial notification for an Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted version of their COVID-19 vaccine KD-414, aiming to launch a domestic PIII study in children.…
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