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Health Ministry Panel OKs Inclusion of 5-in-1 Jab in NIP from Next April
A panel of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on December 20 approved a plan to make five-in-one combination vaccines available under the national immunization program (NIP) from April next year. In Japan, two pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, inactivated polio,…
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