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Japan Agrees to Buy 1.4 Million Doses of Daiichi Sankyo’s COVID Vaccine
The Japanese government said on November 17 that it has agreed to buy 1.4 million doses of Daiichi Sankyo’s COVID-19 vaccine adapted to the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant, contingent on its regulatory approval. “This is our first purchase agreement for a…
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