Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Pfizer to Roll Out JN.1-Adapted COVID Vaccine
Pfizer will launch an updated monovalent version of its COVID-19 vaccine targeting the JN.1 Omicron strain in Japan on September 19, the company and partner BioNTech said on September 18. The vaccine, “Comirnaty intramuscular injection syringe for over 12 years…
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