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Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine Abrysvo Now Available in Japan
Pfizer launched its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Abrysvo in Japan on May 31 for both maternal immunization and use in people 60 years of age and older. Abrysvo was approved in Japan in January for the prevention of RSV-associated…
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