Japan’s drug pricing panel held its final round of industry hearings on December 10 as it heads toward the FY2026…
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KM, Meiji Initiate PIII Pediatric Trial for XBB.1.5-Adapted COVID Vaccine
KM Biologics and Meiji Seika Pharma said on December 6 that they have kicked off a domestic PIII pediatric clinical trial of the inactivated vaccine “KD-414 (XBB.1.5)” against the COVID-19 Omicron variant XBB.1.5. The trial, launched the previous day, will…
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