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Prevenar 20 to Join National Immunization for Children from October
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) will include Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevenar 20 to the national immunization program (NIP) for children, beginning on October 1. The plan was approved on July 31 by the Health Sciences…
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